Soccer Recap: Bishop Amat Beats Cathedral for Their Eighth Straight Win

Lancers

Previous Games

01/15/25 @ Cathedral	2-1
01/06/25 vs St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy	4-0
01/03/25 vs Cajon	4-1
01/02/25 vs Walnut	2-0
12/30/24 vs Covina	4-0
+ 3 more games

Bishop Amat came tearing into Wednesday's game with seven straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.9 goals) and they left with even more momentum. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Cathedral Phantoms 2-1. For the Lancers, this counts as revenge for the 2-1 victory the Phantoms walked away with the last time they faced one another back in January of 2024.

Alger Calderon and Jancarlo Hernandez scored both of Bishop Amat's goals, bringing their combined season tally to eight goals.

Bishop Amat is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-1-2 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 37 goals over those 11 matches. As for Cathedral, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-3-2.

Bishop Amat and Cathedral should be looking forward to their upcoming games as both have a sizable advantage in the MaxPreps California Rankings. Bishop Amat will square off against Salesian at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday up 285 places (15 vs. 300). Bishop Amat is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.8 goals per game this season. Similarly, Cathedral (ranked 38th) will meet St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy (ranked 315th) at 5:00 p.m. on Friday.