Soccer Preview: Bay vs. Padua Franciscan
Bay is 6-0 against Padua Franciscan since August of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The Bay Rockets will be playing in front of their home fans against the Padua Franciscan Bruins at 12:00 p.m. The two teams are strolling into their matchups after big wins in their previous games.
Bay is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They put the hurt on Valley Forge with a sharp 6-1 win on Wednesday. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Rockets considering their one-goal performance the contest before.
Meanwhile, after low-scoring totals in their previous four contests, Padua Franciscan brought some dynamite into their most recent match. Everything went their way against Holy Name on Tuesday as Padua Franciscan made off with an 8-1 victory. The score was close at the half, but the Bruins pulled away in the second half with six goals.
Their offense was hitting Holy Name from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Grayson Wasil led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Bay's win bumped their record up to 4-10-2. As for Padua Franciscan, the victory snapped their winning streak at four games and leaves them with a 3-9-4 record.
Bay was able to grind out a solid win over Padua Franciscan in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, winning 3-1. Will Bay repeat their success, or does Padua Franciscan have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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