Soccer Preview: Althoff Catholic vs. Belleville East
The Althoff Catholic Crusaders will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against the Belleville East Lancers at 6:30 p.m. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Althoff Catholic's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They blew past Metro-East Lutheran 8-0. Considering the Crusaders have won seven matchups by more than two goals this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Their offense was hitting Metro-East Lutheran from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Nate Pitre led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Belleville East had to endure a nine-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. They were the clear victor by a 4-0 margin over Alton on Saturday. The score was close at the half, but the Lancers pulled away in the second half with three goals.
Althoff Catholic pushed their record up to 12-4 with the victory, which was their seventh straight on the road. As for Belleville East, their win ended a five-game drought on the road and puts them at 2-9.
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