Soccer Game Preview: Terra Nova vs. Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory

The Terra Nova Tigers will square off against the Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory Fightin' Irish at 3:30 p.m. on Monday. Terra Nova is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.

If Terra Nova beats Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory with two goals on Monday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. Terra Nova beat Archbishop Riordan by a goal, winning 2-1. The Tigers' winning goal came courtesy of Ella Templin.

Meanwhile, Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory didn't have quite enough to beat Mater Dei on Friday and fell 2-1. While losing is never fun, the Fightin' Irish can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 133rd, while the Monarchs are ranked 45th).

Terra Nova's win bumped their record up to 4-0-1. As for Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-2-2.

Terra Nova came up short against Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory in their previous meeting back in December of 2023, falling 2-0. Can Terra Nova avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.