Soccer Recap: Marin Catholic Drops Highest Score of Season Against Novato

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Team Score

02/03/25 vs Novato	8
01/16/25 vs San Rafael	6
01/14/25 @ San Marin	6
02/01/25 vs Pinole Valley	3
01/28/25 @ Branson	3

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Marin Catholic). Their defense stepped up to hand the Novato Hornets an 8-0 shutout on Monday. Sloane Carey was a massive factor in the win as she booted in three goals all by herself.

Marin Catholic used a slightly different lineup for their bout with Novato. Lucy Gonzalez played for 80 minutes having averaged 28.8 this season and Katie McConneloug got 49 vs. an average of 21.3. Gonzalez made the most of the opportunity, putting up one assist A few more games like that and she might be seeing even more time going forward.

The win was the third in a row for Marin Catholic, bringing their record for this year to 11-4-2. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up one goal over those three games. As for Novato, their loss was their seventh straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 0-13.

Marin Catholic has already played their next contest (against Tamalpais), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Novato has also has no score uploaded for their next matchup, this one against San Marin.