Preview: Jesuit vs. Oak Ridge
The Jesuit Marauders will take on the Oak Ridge Trojans at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Jesuit will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more goals each game than the last.
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Jesuit had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. They came out on top against the Hawks by a score of 3-1. Given Jesuit's advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked fourth, while Central Valley is ranked 90th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Jesuit was led to victory by the tag-team duo of
James Andrew and
Kellen Jacot, who scored all three of Jesuit's goals. The pair have combined for a total of 21 so far this season.
Meanwhile, Oak Ridge has not lost a match since January 24th, a trend which continued in their latest game on Tuesday. Neither they nor Pleasant Grove could gain the upper hand so the two teams had to settle for a 2-2 draw. While a more conclusive result would've been nice, Oak Ridge got plenty of practice considering the match was the highest-scoring draw the team's played all season.
Jesuit's victory bumped their record up to 19-1-2. Oak Ridge's draw gives them a new season record of 11-2-4.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
