The Cathedral Prep Ramblers will face off against the Mercyhurst Prep Lakers at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday.
Cathedral Prep is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Pennsylvania's top teams: Fairview, who was ranked fifth in their home state at the time (Cathedral Prep was ranked 19th). Cathedral Prep fell just short of Fairview by a score of 2-1 on Thursday. The Ramblers' defeat signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.
Meanwhile, Mercyhurst Prep had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.8 goals) and they went ahead and made it six on Thursday. Everything went their way against the Panthers as they made off with a 9-1 win. Considering the Lakers have won ten matches by more than four goals this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Their offense was hitting Saegertown from everywhere, as seven different players booted in a goal.
ADAM DAHL led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Cathedral Prep's loss dropped their record down to 10-5. As for Mercyhurst Prep, they have been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-4 record this season.
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