Cobalt Institute of Math & Science Academy will head out on the road to challenge the Verbum Dei Jesuit Eagles at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Cobalt Institute of Math & Science Academy sitting on five straight wins and Verbum Dei Jesuit on four.
Two teams were on the hunt for playoff glory, but only Cobalt Institute of Math & Science Academy walked away with it. They never let the Rising Phoenix onto the board and left with a 4-0 victory on Wednesday. Cobalt Institute of Math & Science Academy might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won seven contests by three goals or more this season.
They hit Compton Early College with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Giovanni Aguilar,
Matthew Ramirez,
Adrian Gonzales, and
Cesar Gonzales.
Meanwhile, Verbum Dei Jesuit narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past St. Monica 1-0. Give Verbum Dei Jesuit's defense some credit: that's the team's fourth straight shutout.
Cobalt Institute of Math & Science Academy is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a massive bump to their 12-7 record this season. As for Verbum Dei Jesuit, their victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-7-5.
