The Airport Eagles will venture away from home to challenge the Gilbert Indians at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Airport's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for ten straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Thursday just wasn't the day for Airport's offense. They came up short against North Augusta on Thursday, falling 8-0.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Gilbert). Their defense stepped up to hand Brookland-Cayce a 9-0 shutout on Thursday. Gilbert might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five matches by three goals or more this season.
Their offense was hitting Brookland-Cayce from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal. Ashlynn Smith led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Gilbert is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only given up two goals over those five contests. As for Airport, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-11.
Airport might still be hurting after the 7-0 loss they got from Gilbert in their previous meeting back in April of 2025. Can the Eagles avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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