The Asheville Christian Academy Lions are on the road again on Thursday to play the Gaston Christian Eagles at 6:00 p.m. Asheville Christian Academy is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4 goals per game this season.
Asheville Christian Academy will roll into the match after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal on Friday, then bounced right back against University Christian on Tuesday. Asheville Christian Academy's defense stepped up to hand University Christian a 9-0 shutout. Considering the Lions have won three games by more than two goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
They hit University Christian with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Luke Hughes (3),
Isaac Barnwell (3), and
Andres Arrieta.
Meanwhile, Gaston Christian beat SouthLake Christian Academy 4-2 on Tuesday. Given Gaston Christian's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 170th, while SouthLake Christian Academy is ranked 377th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Asheville Christian Academy pushed their record up to 5-0 with that win, which was their third straight on the road. As for Gaston Christian, their victory bumped their record up to 3-1.
Asheville Christian Academy might still be hurting after the 8-0 defeat they got from Gaston Christian in their previous meeting back in August of 2018. Can Asheville Christian Academy avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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