Soccer Preview: Evansville Mater Dei vs. Heritage Hills
Evansville Mater Dei is 8-2 against Heritage Hills since September of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Evansville Mater Dei Wildcats will take on the Heritage Hills Patriots at 5:00 p.m. Evansville Mater Dei is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.7 goals per game this season.
Evansville Mater Dei is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Indiana's top teams: Castle, who was ranked seventh in their home state at the time (Evansville Mater Dei was ranked 13th). Evansville Mater Dei fell just short of Castle by a score of 2-1 on Thursday. The Wildcats' loss signaled the end of their 12-game winning streak.
Their goal came courtesy of
Morgan Wannemuehler, who's now up to 19 this season.
Meanwhile, Heritage Hills came tearing into Thursday's contest with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.6 goals) and they left with even more momentum. They put the hurt on the Rebels with a sharp 8-2 victory. The result was nothing new for the Patriots, who have now won seven matches by three goals or more so far this season.
Evansville Mater Dei's defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-2. As for Heritage Hills, their win was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 13-3.
Evansville Mater Dei beat Heritage Hills 2-0 when the teams last played back in September. Does Evansville Mater Dei have another victory up their sleeve, or will Heritage Hills turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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