Soccer Preview: Centennial vs. Urbana University
The Centennial Chargers will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against the Urbana University Illineks at 4:30 p.m. Centennial will be strutting in after a win while Urbana University will be coming in after a defeat.
Last Thursday, it was close, but Centennial sidestepped Richwoods for a 2-1 victory.
Despite a strong season so far, Urbana University has seen their luck take a bit of a downturn recently. They came up short against Normal University on Monday, falling 7-0. While losing is never fun, the Illineks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 81st, while the Pioneers are ranked 12th).
Centennial now has a winning record of 5-4-2. As for Urbana University, their loss dropped their record down to 10-4.
Centennial came out on top in a nail-biter against Urbana University in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, sneaking past 2-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Centennial since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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