On Tuesday South Bend St. Joseph will have to hit the road after six straight games at home. They will venture away from home to face off against the South Bend Riley Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
South Bend St. Joseph is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Indiana's top teams: Guerin Catholic, who was ranked 14th in their home state at the time (South Bend St. Joseph was ranked 25th). South Bend St. Joseph's defense stepped up to hand Guerin Catholic a 1-0 shutout on Saturday. The Huskies' defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last five matchups.
Their one-goal win came courtesy of
Kaitlyn Swartzendruber, who's now up to two this season.
Meanwhile, South Bend Riley was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They came up short against Elkhart Christian Academy, falling 3-0.
South Bend St. Joseph is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4 record this season. As for South Bend Riley, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-8-1.
Everything went South Bend St. Joseph's way against South Bend Riley in their previous meeting back in October of 2019, as South Bend St. Joseph made off with a 9-0 win. Will South Bend St. Joseph repeat their success, or does South Bend Riley have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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