The Air Academy Kadets will head out on the road to take on The Classical Academy Titans at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Air Academy sitting on three straight victories and The Classical Academy on four.
Air Academy's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. Everything went their way against Discovery Canyon as Air Academy made off with a 3-0 win. Air Academy might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won four games by three goals or more this season.
They hit Discovery Canyon with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Alexis Byrd,
Grace Bennett, and
Brenna Phalen.
Meanwhile, after failing to score in their last match, The Classical Academy made sure to put some goals up on the board against Sand Creek on Wednesday. They put the hurt on the Scorpions with a sharp 10-0 victory. Given The Classical Academy's advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado soccer rankings (they are ranked 27th, while Sand Creek is ranked 205th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Air Academy has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 5-5-2 record this season. As for The Classical Academy, their win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-1-2.
Air Academy was able to grind out a solid victory over The Classical Academy in their previous meeting back in April of 2023, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Air Academy 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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