Soccer Preview: Bunnell vs. Notre Dame Prep
Bunnell is 1-8 against Notre Dame Prep since October of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Bunnell Bulldogs will be staying on the road to face off against the Notre Dame Prep Lancers at 4:30 p.m.
Last Saturday, Bunnell came up short against Brookfield and fell 3-1. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Connecticut soccer rankings (they are ranked 126th, while the Bobcats are ranked 32nd).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Notre Dame Prep). They blew past Kolbe-Cathedral 7-1 on Thursday. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 5-1.
Notre Dame Prep's offense was hitting Kolbe-Cathedral from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Kolbe McCray led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Bunnell's defeat dropped their record down to 3-8-2. As for Notre Dame Prep, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-3-1 record this season.
Bunnell might still be hurting after the 8-0 loss they got from Notre Dame Prep in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Can Bunnell avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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