Athens Drive is 7-0 against Sanderson since March of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Athens Drive Jaguars will head out on the road to square off against the Sanderson Spartans at 6:30 p.m. Athens Drive will be strutting in after a win while Sanderson will be coming in after a defeat.
Having struggled with three losses in a row, Athens Drive finally turned things around against Broughton on Tuesday. Everything went Athens Drive's way against Broughton as Athens Drive made off with a 3-0 victory. Considering Athens Drive has won seven matches by more than two goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
They hit Broughton with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Sydney Garcia,
Jena Asad, and
Ava Markley.
Meanwhile, Sanderson was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their eighth straight defeat. They lost 9-0 to Cardinal Gibbons. While losing is never fun, Sanderson can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 234th, while Cardinal Gibbons is ranked 12th).
Athens Drive's win bumped their record up to 8-6-3. As for Sanderson, their loss dropped their record down to 5-12.
Athens Drive took their victory against Sanderson in their previous matchup back in April by a conclusive 9-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Athens Drive since the squad 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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