The Rauner Wildcats are on the road again on Monday to play the Mansueto Leopards at 5:30 p.m. Rauner will be strutting in after a victory while Mansueto will be coming in after a defeat.
Rauner will roll into the matchup after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal last Thursday, then bounced right back against UIC College Prep on Wednesday. Rauner's defense stepped up to hand UIC College Prep a 6-0 shutout. That looming 6-0 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for the Wildcats yet this season.
Meanwhile, Mansueto fell victim to St. Laurence and their airtight defense on Saturday. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Vikings. While losing is never fun, the Leopards can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 239th, while the Vikings are ranked 103rd).
The win got Rauner back to even at 3-3-1. As for Mansueto, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-5.
Rauner came up short against Mansueto when the teams last played on September 4th, falling 3-1. Can Rauner avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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