Soccer Preview: Catholic vs. Bryant
The Catholic Rockets will be playing in front of their home fans against the Bryant Hornets at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Friday, Catholic faced Cabot in a battle between two of the state's top teams. Catholic's defense stepped up to hand Cabot a 5-0 shutout. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for Catholic considering their one-goal performance the matchup before.
They hit Cabot with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Tripp Ortega (2),
Harper Havens,
Ethan Nava, and
Danny Nava.
Meanwhile, Bryant has not lost a match yet, a trend which continued in their latest game on Friday. They walked away with a 2-0 win over Jonesboro. Given Bryant's advantage in MaxPreps' Arkansas soccer rankings (they are ranked fourth, while Jonesboro is ranked 45th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Catholic is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 7-2-3 record this season. As for Bryant, their victory bumped their record up to 7-0-5.
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