Soccer Preview: Bishop Hendricken vs. Barrington
It'll be Battle of the Birds when Hawks faces off against the Barrington Eagles at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Bishop Hendricken is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another highly-ranked state team: Xaverian Brothers, who was ranked 20th at the time (Bishop Hendricken was ranked first). Bishop Hendricken fell just short of Xaverian Brothers by a score of 1-0 last Friday. Bishop Hendricken's loss signaled the end of their five-game winning streak.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Barrington had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Falcons a 1-0 shutout. The Eagles' winning goal came courtesy of Aden Memoli.
Bishop Hendricken's defeat dropped their record down to 14-3-1. As for Barrington, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 6-7-4.
Bishop Hendricken was able to grind out a solid victory over Barrington when the teams last played back in September, winning 2-0. Will Bishop Hendricken repeat their success, or does Barrington have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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