Soccer Preview: St. Charles East vs. Benet Academy
The St. Charles East Fighting Saints will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against the Benet Academy Redwings at 9:00 a.m. Both teams beat their previous opponents by a single goal, so this matchup might be just as contested.
St. Charles East is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Illinois' top teams: Naperville North, who was ranked 14th in their home state at the time (St. Charles East was ranked 19th). St. Charles East's defense stepped up to hand Naperville North a 1-0 shutout on Thursday. Mackenzie Loomis had the honor of scoring the game-winner for St. Charles East.
Meanwhile, Benet Academy had already won eight in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2.9 goals), and they went ahead and made it nine on Thursday. They won by a goal and slipped past the Lions 1-0. The win was all the more spectacular given Benet Academy's disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 27th, while Lyons is ranked fourth).
St. Charles East has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-2-3 record this season. As for Benet Academy, their victory bumped their record up to 10-2-1.
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