The St. Johns Country Day Spartans are taking a road trip to take on the Stanton Blue Devils at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams beat their previous opponents by a single goal, so this matchup might be just as contested.
St. Johns Country Day is headed into the game having not lost since November 22 and will look to keep things rolling. They never let Oakleaf onto the board and left with a 1-0 win on Tuesday. Given the Spartans' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked tenth, while the Knights are ranked 209th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
St. Johns Country Day's one-goal win came courtesy of Cece Nowicki, who's now up to three this season.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Stanton, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Friday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Fernandina Beach on Wednesday, sneaking past 1-0. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Blue Devils were the better team in the second half.
Stanton's victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-4. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 35 goals over those seven contests. As for St. Johns Country Day, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2-1 record this season.
St. Johns Country Day skirted past Stanton 1-0 in their previous matchup back in January. The rematch might be a little tougher for St. Johns Country Day 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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