Soccer Preview: Mater Dei vs. Althoff Catholic
Mater Dei is on a three-game streak of home wins, while Althoff Catholic is on a five-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Mater Dei Knights will host the Althoff Catholic Crusaders at 6:00 p.m. on Monday.
Mater Dei is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Granite City just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell just short of the Warriors by a score of 1-0. The loss continues a trend for the Knights in their matchups with the Warriors: they've now lost four in a row.
Meanwhile, Althoff Catholic kept a clean sheet against O'Fallon on Saturday. They blew past the Panthers 4-0. Considering the Crusaders have won five matchups by more than two goals this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
They hit O'Fallon with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Tyler Birdsong,
Jack Sorgea, and
Nate Pitre.
Mater Dei's defeat dropped their record down to 6-2-3. As for Althoff Catholic, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-3 record this season.
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