Soccer Preview: Charleston Catholic vs. Morgantown
Charleston Catholic has won six straight games at home, while Morgantown has won six straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Saturday. The Charleston Catholic Irish will welcome the Morgantown Mohigans at 11:00 a.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Charleston Catholic is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of West Virginia's top teams: Hurricane, who was ranked 16th in their home state at the time (Charleston Catholic was ranked first). Charleston Catholic's defense stepped up to hand Hurricane a 4-0 shutout on Tuesday. Give the Irish's defense some credit: that's the team's 11th straight shutout.
Molly Messer and
Ella Green scored all four of Charleston Catholic's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 45 goals.
Meanwhile, Morgantown got the win against Brooke on Thursday by a conclusive 4-1. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 4-0.
Charleston Catholic's victory bumped their record up to 15-0-1. As for Morgantown, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-1-2 record this season.
Charleston Catholic took their win against Morgantown when the teams last played back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. Does Charleston Catholic have another victory up their sleeve, or will Morgantown turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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