The Ursuline Academy Bears will welcome the Midlothian Panthers at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. Ursuline Academy's defense has only allowed 0.5 goals per game this season, so Midlothian's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Ursuline Academy is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Texas' top teams: Bishop Lynch, who was ranked tenth at the time (Ursuline Academy was ranked 11th). Ursuline Academy never let Bishop Lynch onto the board and left with a 3-0 victory on Monday. The result was nothing new for the Bears, who have now won nine contests by three goals or more so far this season.
Meanwhile, Midlothian had just enough and edged Anna out 2-1 on Monday. Zayla Reagan had to tread lightly for part of the match after she was hit with a yellow card, but that was the only trouble the Panthers got from the refs.
Macie Griffin and Amy Wyman scored both of Midlothian's goals, bringing their combined season tally to four goals.
Ursuline Academy's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-1-1. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up zero goals over those three matchups. As for Midlothian, their victory bumped their record up to 2-0-1.
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