Soccer Preview: Castle vs. Evansville North
Castle has gone 9-1 against Evansville North recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Wednesday. The Castle Knights will face off against the Evansville North Huskies at 5:00 p.m. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Castle comes in on eight and Evansville North on four.
Castle is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Monday. Their defense stepped up to hand Evansville Central a 10-0 shutout. Considering the Knights have won ten matches by more than two goals this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Their offense was hitting Evansville Central from everywhere, as eight different players booted in a goal.
Lucas Jurado led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Evansville North narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Evansville Reitz 1-0. Give the Huskies' defense some credit: that's the team's fourth straight shutout.
Castle's victory bumped their record up to 12-3-1. As for Evansville North, they have been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-6 record this season.
Castle took their win against Evansville North when the teams last played back in September by a conclusive 6-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Castle since the team 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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