Soccer Preview: Castle vs. Evansville North
Castle is 9-1 against Evansville North since October of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The Castle Knights will be staying on the road to face off against the Evansville North Huskies at 2:00 p.m. Castle is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.6 goals per game this season.
Castle is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over Evansville Reitz. Given the Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana soccer rankings (they are ranked fifth, while the Panthers are ranked 37th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Castle hit Evansville Reitz with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Izzie Ryan,
Jilly Higgins, and
Violet Poag.
Meanwhile, Evansville North came tearing into Thursday's game with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5 goals) and they left with even more momentum. Their defense stepped up to hand the Bears a 3-0 shutout. The Huskies might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight matches by three goals or more this season.
Castle has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 13 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-2-2 record this season. As for Evansville North, their win bumped their record up to 11-5-2.
Everything went Castle's way against Evansville North when the teams last played back in September, as Castle made off with a 3-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Castle since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
