South Aiken is 2-8 against North Augusta since April of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Thoroughbreds will face off against the Yellow Jackets at 7:00 p.m. South Aiken is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.3 goals per game this season.
While South Aiken's victory against Aiken wasn't quite the blowout it was the last time the pair played, they still came out on top. The Thoroughbreds' defense stepped up to hand the Fighting Green Hornets a 1-0 shutout on Thursday. South Aiken's winning goal came courtesy of Savvas Chionakis.
Meanwhile, North Augusta had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2.2 goals) and they went ahead and made it six on Saturday. They put the hurt on the Bearcats with a sharp 3-0 win. Considering North Augusta have won six matches by more than two goals this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
North Augusta's lineup was just a bit different on Saturday as Blake Fuss got a bit more time on the pitch (80 vs. his season average of 55.4). Fuss made the most of the opportunity, scoring a goal and one assist A few more games like that and he might be seeing even more time going forward.
North Augusta pushed their record up to 11-4-1 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. Those road wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 12 goals over those four games. As for South Aiken, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests. That's provided a massive bump to their 12-7 record this season.
South Aiken suffered a grim 5-1 defeat to North Augusta when the teams last played last Thursday. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point the Thoroughbreds were down 3-0.
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