Soccer Game Preview: St. Petersburg Catholic vs. St. Petersburg

The St. Petersburg Catholic Barons will head out to challenge the St. Petersburg Green Devils at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. St. Petersburg took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on St. Petersburg Catholic, who comes in off a win.

St. Petersburg Catholic is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. Their defense stepped up to hand Bell Creek Academy a 7-0 shutout on Friday. Olivia Boulanger had the honor of scoring the game-winner for the Barons.

Meanwhile, after a string of five wins, St. Petersburg's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They came up short against East Lake, falling 3-0. While losing is never fun, the Green Devils can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 99th, while the Eagles are ranked 33rd).

St. Petersburg Catholic is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 4-6-1 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 13 goals over those four games. As for St. Petersburg, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-3.