Soccer Recap: Shepard Sets Scoring Season-High Against Chicago Christian

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Team Score (Highest)

05/10/25 vs Chicago Christian	5
04/17/25 @ Evergreen Park	4
04/14/25 vs Curie	3
03/22/25 vs Joliet Central	3
05/06/25 @ Thornton Fractional North/Thornton Fractional South	2

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Shepard). Their defense stepped up to hand the Chicago Christian Knights a 5-0 shutout on Saturday. The win continues a trend for Shepard in their matchups with Chicago Christian: they've now won four in a row.

Shepard hit Chicago Christian with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Lia McCarthy (2), Miroslava Vargas, Wiktoria Skupien, and Nataly Rios.

Shepard's victory bumped their record up to 5-15-1. As for Chicago Christian, they have traveled a rocky road recently, having lost 14 of their last 15 matches. That's put a noticeable dent in their 2-21 record this season.

Shepard has already played their next contest, a 2-0 defeat against Argo on the 13th. As for Chicago Christian, they will head out to take on Joliet Catholic at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Chicago Christian are facing Joliet Catholic at the right time seeing as Joliet Catholic are stuck on a five-game losing streak.