The La Salle Institute Cadets will face off against the Schalmont Sabres at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. La Salle Institute has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with five straight losses, while Schalmont will come in with 11 straight wins.
La Salle Institute is likely headed into the match with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Cohoes on Saturday. La Salle Institute fell just short of Cohoes by a score of 1-0. That's two games in a row now that the Cadets have lost by just one goal.
Meanwhile, it may have taken extra minutes to finish the job, but Schalmont ultimately got the result they hoped for on Tuesday. They beat Voorheesville by a goal, winning 2-1. Given the Sabres' advantage in MaxPreps' New York soccer rankings (they are ranked 13th, while the Blackbirds are ranked 73rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Corbet Hallberg and
Andrew Sprenger scored both of Schalmont's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 17 goals.
La Salle Institute's defeat dropped their record down to 4-9-1. As for Schalmont, their victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 14-1.
La Salle Institute came up short against Schalmont when the teams last played back in September of 2023, falling 3-1. Can La Salle Institute avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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