Soccer Preview: Rocky River vs. Charlotte Catholic
Rocky River is 0-4 against Charlotte Catholic since March of 2022 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Rocky River Ravens have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Charlotte Catholic Cougars at 6:00 p.m. Rocky River will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps North Carolina Rankings (they are ranked 466th, while Charlotte Catholic is ranked 24th).
Wednesday just wasn't the day for Rocky River's offense. They fell victim to a rough 9-0 loss at the hands of Independence two weeks ago. That's two games in a row now that Rocky River has lost by exactly nine goals.
Meanwhile, Charlotte Catholic can now show off seven landslide victories after their most recent game on Tuesday. Their defense stepped up to hand Independence a 9-0 shutout. Charlotte Catholic's defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last five contests.
Their offense was hitting Independence from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Madison Miller led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Rocky River's defeat dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Charlotte Catholic, their win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-2-1.
Rocky River suffered a grim 9-0 defeat to Charlotte Catholic when the teams last played back in May of 2023. Can Rocky River avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
