Soccer Preview: Our Lady of the Sacred Heart vs. Serra Catholic
The Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Chargers will square off against the Serra Catholic Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Our Lady of the Sacred Heart has eight straight victories, Serra Catholic has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
On Tuesday, everything went Our Lady of the Sacred Heart's way against Brentwood as Our Lady of the Sacred Heart made off with an 8-1 win. Given the Chargers' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 102nd, while the Spartans are ranked 441st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 0-0 at halftime, Serra Catholic was not quite Aquinas Academy's equal in the second half on Thursday. They fell just short of the Crusaders by a score of 3-2.
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart's victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 9-0-1. As for Serra Catholic, their loss dropped their record down to 2-10.
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart took their win against Serra Catholic in their previous matchup back in September by a conclusive 4-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 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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