Soccer Game Preview: Visitation Academy vs. St. Dominic

The Visitation Academy Vivettes will take on the St. Dominic Crusaders at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Visitation Academy has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with three straight losses, while St. Dominic will come in with four straight victories.

Visitation Academy fell victim to Nerinx Hall and their airtight defense on Tuesday. They came up short against the Markers, falling 3-0. While losing is never fun, Visitation Academy can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri soccer rankings (they are ranked 107th, while Nerinx Hall are ranked 21st).

Meanwhile, St. Dominic had just enough and edged out St. Joseph's Academy 3-2 on Wednesday.

Visitation Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 2-12-1. As for St. Dominic, their win bumped their record up to 9-5.

Visitation Academy came out on top in a nail-biter against St. Dominic when the teams last played back in April of 2024, sneaking past 1-0. Will the Vivettes repeat their success, or do the Crusaders have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.