Soccer Preview: St. Laurence vs. Marmion
The St. Laurence Vikings will head out on the road to face off against the Marmion Cadets at 5:45 p.m. on Tuesday. St. Laurence knows how to get goals on the board -- the squad has finished with four goal or more in their past five matchups -- so hopefully Marmion likes a good challenge.
If Marmion heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when St. Laurence took over last week. St. Laurence walked away with a 4-2 win over Kankakee on Monday. Given the Vikings' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 117th, while the Kays are ranked 274th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Marmion). They put the hurt on Montini Catholic with a sharp 9-0 victory on Friday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Marmion's offense was hitting Montini Catholic from everywhere, as seven different players booted in a goal.
Patrick Fitzgerald led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
St. Laurence pushed their record up to 6-2-1 with that victory, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Marmion, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 4-3 record this season.
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