Union Academy is on a five-game streak of home wins, while Gray Stone Day is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Union Academy Cardinals will take on the Gray Stone Day Knights at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
If Union Academy beats Gray Stone Day with nine goals on Wednesday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. Union Academy's defense stepped up to hand Albemarle a 9-0 shutout on Monday. Given Union Academy's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 216th, while Albemarle is ranked 498th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Union Academy's offense was hitting Albemarle from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Heidi Estrada-Aguilar led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, after failing to score in their last game, Gray Stone Day made sure to put some goals up on the board against North Stanly on Monday. Everything went their way against the Comets as they made off with a 9-0 win.
Union Academy has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 9-3 record this season. As for Gray Stone Day, their victory bumped their record up to 6-3-1.
Union Academy took their win against Gray Stone Day in their previous matchup back in March by a conclusive 8-0. Will Union Academy repeat their success, or does Gray Stone Day have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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