The Doral Academy Firebirds will head out on the road to challenge the St. Thomas Aquinas Raiders at 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, these teams will really light up the scoreboard.
As a matter of fact, Doral Academy put up the most goals they have all season on Monday. Their defense stepped up to hand International Studies an 8-0 shutout.
Doral Academy's offense was hitting International Studies from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal. Aaliyah Perez led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, St. Thomas Aquinas made easy work of Oak Cliff Faith Family Academy on Tuesday and carried off an 8-0 win. Considering St. Thomas Aquinas have won three contests by more than four goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
The victory made it two in a row for St. Thomas Aquinas and bumps their season record up to 3-1-1. Those wins came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only given up zero goals over those two matchups. As for Doral Academy, the victory got them back to even at 2-2.
Doral Academy suffered a grim 4-0 defeat to St. Thomas Aquinas in their previous matchup back in January. Can the Firebirds avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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