Soccer Game Preview: Wake Forest vs. Cardinal Gibbons

The Wake Forest Cougars will venture away from home to challenge the Cardinal Gibbons Crusaders at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

Wake Forest is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They never let Cape Fear get on the board and left with a 2-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Wake Forest.

Eight must be Cardinal Gibbons' lucky number: they beat Riverside-Durham with that score not once but twice on Thursday. The Crusaders were the clear victors by an 8-0 margin over the Pirates. Cardinal Gibbons' defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last five matchups.

Their offense was hitting Riverside-Durham from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal. Ashley Gilbert led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.

Cardinal Gibbons' victory bumped their record up to 17-1. As for Wake Forest, their win bumped their record up to 14-7-3.