Soccer Preview: Knoxville Catholic vs. Grace Christian Academy
The Knoxville Catholic Fighting Irish will face off against the Grace Christian Academy Rams at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Knoxville Catholic is coming into the contest hot, having won their last three games.
While Knoxville Catholic didn't have the best season last year (they finished 2-12-4), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. Everything went their way against Halls on Tuesday as Knoxville Catholic made off with a 4-0 victory. The Fighting Irish's defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last three matchups.
They hit Halls with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Jenna Clements,
Natalie Stobb, and
Caitlin Greene.
Meanwhile, Grace Christian Academy has been struggling as of late, and they have yet to win a game this season. They came up short against Daviess County on Saturday, falling 6-1. While losing is never fun, the Rams can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' soccer rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 178th in Tennessee, while the Panthers are ranked 11th in Kentucky).
Knoxville Catholic's win bumped their record up to 5-1-1. As for Grace Christian Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 0-3-2.
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