The South Bend Saint Joseph Huskies will head out to challenge the Crown Point Bulldogs at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Crown Point will have to contend with a South Bend Saint Joseph squad hungry for a victory, something the team hasn't seen since August 20. South Bend Saint Joseph lost 4-0 to Elkhart on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, South Bend Saint Joseph can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana soccer rankings (they are ranked 179th, while Elkhart are ranked 21st).
Meanwhile, Crown Point came tearing into Wednesday's contest with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.5 goals), and they left with even more momentum. Their defense stepped up to hand the Vikings a 1-0 shutout. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but Crown Point were the better team in the second half.
Their one-goal win came courtesy of Liam Bazin, who's now up to nine this season.
South Bend Saint Joseph's loss dropped their record down to 1-10-2. As for Crown Point, their win bumped their record up to 7-4-2.
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