The Ravenscroft Ravens will head out on the road to square off against the Durham Academy Cavaliers at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Ravenscroft is strutting in with some offensive muscle, as they've averaged 3.5 goals per game this season.
Ravenscroft is likely headed into the game with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against North Raleigh Christian Academy on Tuesday. Ravenscroft fell just short of North Raleigh Christian Academy by a score of 2-1. While losing is never fun, Ravenscroft can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 87th, while North Raleigh Christian Academy is ranked 19th).
Ravenscroft's goal came courtesy of
Logan Smith, who's now up to 21 this season.
Meanwhile, for the first time this season, Durham Academy was forced to settle for a draw. They and New Life Camp finished up on equal footing with a 1-1 draw.
Ravenscroft's loss dropped their record down to 7-6-1. Durham Academy's draw gives them a new season record of 3-4-1.
Ravenscroft skirted past Durham Academy 3-2 when the teams last played back in March. The rematch might be a little tougher for Ravenscroft since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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