The Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy Tigers will take on the Cocoa Beach Minutemen in a holiday battle at at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy sitting on nine straight wins and Cocoa Beach on four.
Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They came out on top against Melbourne by a score of 2-0. The Tigers' defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last three games.
Meanwhile, on ThursdaySt. Cloud kept up with Cocoa Beach until halftime, but afterwards: not so much. Cocoa Beach put the hurt on St. Cloud with a sharp 6-2 victory. Considering the Minutemen have won four contests by more than two goals this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Their offense was hitting St. Cloud from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal. Max Perez led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy's win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 9-0. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up one goal over those five matches. As for Cocoa Beach, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-1-1 record this season.
Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy was able to grind out a solid victory over Cocoa Beach in their previous meeting back in February, winning 3-1. Does Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy have another victory up their sleeve, or will Cocoa Beach turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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