The St. Thomas Aquinas Raiders will head out to square off against the Gulliver Prep Raiders at 3:30 p.m. on Monday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
St. Thomas Aquinas took a loss when they played away from home on Thursday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Saturday. They never let Palmetto Ridge onto the board and left with a 6-0 win. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Raiders considering their one-goal performance the game before.
They hit Palmetto Ridge with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Rayne Archuleta (2), Chase Goyette (2), Francis Owino, and Chase S Carroll.
Meanwhile, Gulliver Prep entered their tilt with East Ridge on Friday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They blew past the Knights 5-1. Given the Raiders' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked third, while the Knights are ranked 205th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
St. Thomas Aquinas' victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-3-1. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up zero goals over those six matches. As for Gulliver Prep, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which somehow still isn't as good as their 9-1-1 record this season.
St. Thomas Aquinas came up short against Gulliver Prep in their previous matchup back in January, falling 2-0. Can St. Thomas Aquinas avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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