Althoff Catholic is 7-0 against Mater Dei since March of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Althoff Catholic Crusaders will head out on the road to face off against the Mater Dei Knights at 4:30 p.m. Althoff Catholic will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more goals each game than the last.
Althoff Catholic's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. Everything went their way against Metro-East Lutheran as Althoff Catholic made off with a 7-0 victory. Given Althoff Catholic's advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 110th, while Metro-East Lutheran is ranked 392nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Althoff Catholic's offense was hitting Metro-East Lutheran from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Brianna Birdsong led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, Mater Dei won against Highland on Wednesday with two goals and they decided to stick to that goal total again on Saturday. Mater Dei came out on top against Breese Central by a score of 2-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for Mater Dei.
Althoff Catholic has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-9-3 record this season. As for Mater Dei, they pushed their record up to 9-6 with that win, which was their fifth straight at home.
Everything went Althoff Catholic's way against Mater Dei when the teams last played back in May of 2023 as Althoff Catholic made off with a 6-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Althoff Catholic since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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