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By Team Reports Sep 23, 2024, 12:08am

Soccer Preview: St. Peter's Prep vs. Hudson Catholic

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St. Peter's Prep is 8-2 against Hudson Catholic since October of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The St. Peter's Prep Marauders will take on the Hudson Catholic Hawks at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (St. Peter's Prep has six straight victories, Hudson Catholic has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.

On Friday, St. Peter's Prep needed a bit of extra time to put away Dickinson. They won by a goal and slipped past the Rams 3-2. Given the Marauders' advantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey soccer rankings (they are ranked 11th, while the Rams are ranked 104th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Anthony Bautista and Christian Duarte scored all three of St. Peter's Prep's goals, bringing their combined season tally to nine goals.

Meanwhile, Hudson Catholic came up short against Union City on Wednesday and fell 4-2. That's two games in a row now that the Hawks have lost by exactly two goals.

St. Peter's Prep's win bumped their record up to 6-0. As for Hudson Catholic, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-4.

St. Peter's Prep beat Hudson Catholic 2-0 when the teams last played back in October of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for St. Peter's Prep since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.

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