The Atlantic Christian Cougars will take on the Gloucester County Christian Conquerors at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Atlantic Christian is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 5 goals per game this season.
Atlantic Christian's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They blew past Cumberland Christian 6-0. The result was nothing new for the Cougars, who have now won six matches by three goals or more so far this season.
Their offense was hitting Cumberland Christian from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Malena Meyer led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, Gloucester County Christian fought the good fight in their overtime game against Calvary Academy last Thursday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Warrior by a score of 3-2. While losing is never fun, the Conquerors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey soccer rankings (they are ranked 274th, while the Warrior are ranked 37th).
Atlantic Christian's victory bumped their record up to 7-5-1. As for Gloucester County Christian, they have been struggling recently as they've lost six of their last eight matchups, which is still a better percentage than their 2-8-1 record this season.
Atlantic Christian beat Gloucester County Christian by a goal when the teams last played back in September, winning 4-3. Will Atlantic Christian repeat their success, or does Gloucester County Christian have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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