The Steubenville Big Red will stay at home for another game and welcome the Catholic Central Crusaders at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Steubenville is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 5.7 goals per game this season.
Steubenville is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 11 goals on Tuesday, they were much more limited against University on Thursday. They fell 3-1 to the Hawks. While losing is never fun, the Big Red can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' soccer rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 114th in Ohio, while the Hawks are ranked 20th in West Virginia).
Steubenville's goal came courtesy of
Hayden Hicks, who's now up to 12 this season.
Meanwhile, after failing to score in their last contest, Catholic Central made sure to put some goals up on the board against John Marshall on Thursday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 4-3 victory over the Monarchs. Considering the Crusaders' offense had been struggling lately, the high-scoring outing was a much-needed turnaround.
Steubenville's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-3-3. As for Catholic Central, they have been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4-1 record this season.
Everything went Steubenville's way against Catholic Central when the teams last played back in October of 2023, as Steubenville made off with a 5-0 win. Does Steubenville have another victory up their sleeve, or will Catholic Central turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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