Soccer Preview: Hanover Central vs. Culver Academies
The Hanover Central Wildcats are on the road again on Wednesday to play the Culver Academies Eagles at 6:00 p.m. Hanover Central will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more goals each match than the last.
Hanover Central is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. Their defense stepped up to hand Illiana Christian a 5-0 shutout. The Wildcats might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 13 contests by three goals or more this season.
Kiara Desiderio was the driving force of Hanover Central's attack as she scored all five of Hanover Central's goals, bringing her season total up to 76 goals.
Meanwhile, Culver Academies had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6 goals) and they went ahead and made it three on Saturday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Pilgrims/Rockies 2-1.
Hanover Central's win bumped their record up to 16-2. As for Culver Academies, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-5-2 record this season.
Hanover Central was able to grind out a solid victory over Culver Academies in their previous meeting back in September, winning 5-3. Does Hanover Central have another victory up their sleeve, or will Culver Academies turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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