Marquette Catholic is on a five-game streak of home wins, while Althoff Catholic is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Marquette Catholic Explorers will welcome the Althoff Catholic Crusaders at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Althoff Catholic took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Marquette Catholic, who comes in off a win.
Marquette Catholic's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They came out on top against Granite City by a score of 2-0. Given the Explorers' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 28th, while the Warriors are ranked 178th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, after a string of five wins, Althoff Catholic's good fortune finally ran out on Monday. They fell just short of Columbia by a score of 1-0. The contest was a 0-0 toss-up at halftime, but the Crusaders couldn't quite close it out.
Althoff Catholic was without their leading scorer, Nate Pitre, in Monday's matchup. With Pitre sitting this one out, Zach Winkler got some extra time on the pitch (80 vs. his season average of 57.1).
Marquette Catholic's win bumped their record up to 9-1. As for Althoff Catholic, their loss dropped their record down to 6-3.
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