The Walsingham Academy Trojans and the Catholic Crusaders are set to duel on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Walsingham Academy will bounce into Friday's game after beating Steward, who they had gone 1-7-1 against in their nine prior meetings. Walsingham Academy blew past Steward 5-1 on Tuesday. The victory was nothing new for the Trojans as they're now sitting on three straight.
They hit Steward with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Marshall Perry (2),
Carter Perry,
Hayden Zima, and
Luke Stensland.
Meanwhile, Catholic entered their tilt with Norfolk Christian on Tuesday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They put the hurt on the Ambassadors with a sharp 8-1 win. Given the Crusaders' advantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked ninth, while the Ambassadors are ranked 46th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Walsingham Academy's victory was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 14-3-1. As for Catholic, they have been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-4-1 record this season.
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