The Sandalwood Saints will head out on the road to face off against the Paxon School For Advanced Studies Golden Eagles at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Considering both teams were shutout in their prior games, the pair is probably coming into this one with something to prove.
Sandalwood is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to four goals last Tuesday, they were much more limited against Fletcher on Monday. They lost 6-0 to the Senators. The Saints haven't had much luck with the Senators recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.
Meanwhile, Tuesday just wasn't the day for Paxon School For Advanced Studies' offense. They might have been a little too into the holiday spirit, gifting Orange Park an easy 5-0 victory. While losing is never fun, the Golden Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 408th, while the Raiders are ranked 140th).
This is the second loss in a row for Paxon School For Advanced Studies and nudges their season record down to 3-7-1. As for Sandalwood, their loss dropped their record down to 4-4-3.
Sandalwood took their win against Paxon School For Advanced Studies in their previous meeting back in November of 2021 by a conclusive 5-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Sandalwood since the team 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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