The Battle Spartans will face off against the Missouri Military Academy Fighting Colonels at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Last Tuesday, Battle didn't have quite enough to beat Rock Bridge and fell 2-1. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri soccer rankings (they are ranked 96th, while the Bruins are ranked fourth).
Meanwhile, Missouri Military Academy had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.5 goals) and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They never let the Pirates onto the board and left with an 8-0 victory. Considering the Fighting Colonels have won eight matchups by more than two goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Their offense was hitting Boonville from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Fernando Puebla led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by himself.
This is the second loss in a row for Battle and nudges their season record down to 8-7-1. As for Missouri Military Academy, they pushed their record up to 11-4 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home.
Battle came out on top in a nail-biter against Missouri Military Academy when the teams last played back in October of 2023, sneaking past 2-1. Does Battle have another victory up their sleeve, or will Missouri Military Academy turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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