St. Joseph is on a three-game streak of home wins, while Maeser Prep Academy is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The St. Joseph Jayhawks will take on the Maeser Prep Academy Lions at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
St. Joseph is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Utah's top teams: American Heritage, who was ranked 17th in their home state at the time (St. Joseph was ranked 23rd). St. Joseph sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 victory over American Heritage on Tuesday. Two seems to be a good number for St. Joseph as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of goals in their previous game.
St. Joseph was without their leading scorer, Alex Hernandez, in Tuesday's match. With Hernandez sidelined, Isiah Flores got his first action of the season.
Meanwhile, Maeser Prep Academy won against Rowland Hall on Thursday with three goals and they decided to stick to that goal total again on Tuesday. Maeser Prep Academy's defense stepped up to hand Draper APA a 3-0 shutout.
Maeser Prep Academy was led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Aidan Simmons and
Alexander Bowler, who scored all three of Maeser Prep Academy's goals. The pair have combined for a total of 16 so far this season.
St. Joseph's victory bumped their record up to 7-3. As for Maeser Prep Academy, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season.
Everything went St. Joseph's way against Maeser Prep Academy in their previous meeting back in May of 2023 as St. Joseph made off with a 3-0 win. Will St. Joseph repeat their success, or does Maeser Prep Academy have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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