Soccer Preview: Belvidere vs. Boylan Catholic
Belvidere hasn't had much luck against Boylan Catholic recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Belvidere Bucs will take on the Boylan Catholic Titans at 4:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Belvidere sitting on three straight wins and Boylan Catholic on four.
Belvidere is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They walked away with a 4-2 victory over Rochelle. That's two games straight that the Bucs have won by exactly two goals.
Oscar Espinoza and
Justin Antunez scored all four of Belvidere's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 27 goals.
Meanwhile, Boylan Catholic had just enough and edged Guilford out 2-1 on Thursday. Given the Titans' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked eighth, while the Vikings are ranked 214th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Belvidere's win bumped their record up to 8-10. As for Boylan Catholic, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-2-1 record this season.
Belvidere suffered a grim 6-0 defeat to Boylan Catholic in their previous meeting back in September. Can Belvidere avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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