The Hopkins Academy Golden Hawks are on the road again on Saturday to play the Smith Academy Falcons at 12:00 p.m. Hopkins Academy is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 5.4 goals per game this season.
Hopkins Academy's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They walked away with a 2-0 win over Holyoke. Give the Golden Hawks' defense some credit: that's the team's seventh straight shutout.
Alayna Bailer and
Ephie Vissas scored both of Hopkins Academy's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 19 goals.
Meanwhile, after failing to score in their last game, Smith Academy made sure to put some goals up on the board against Taconic last Wednesday. Everything went their way against the Thunder as they made off with a 9-1 victory. Considering the Falcons have won four matchups by more than three goals this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Hopkins Academy's win was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 12-0-2. As for Smith Academy, the victory got them back to even at 5-5-1.
Hopkins Academy beat Smith Academy 2-0 when the teams last played back in September. The rematch might be a little tougher for Hopkins Academy 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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