The Sacred Heart-Griffin Cyclones will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against the Althoff Catholic Crusaders at 12:00 p.m. Sacred Heart-Griffin knows how to get goals on the board -- the team has finished with flashy goal totals in its past four games -- so hopefully Althoff Catholic likes a good challenge.
Sacred Heart-Griffin is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. They were the clear victor by a 5-1 margin over Quincy Notre Dame. The result was nothing new for Sacred Heart-Griffin, who have now won 16 matches by three goals or more so far this season.
They hit Quincy Notre Dame with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Rena Hubbell (3),
Isabella Perryman, and
Norah Long.
Meanwhile, Althoff Catholic came tearing into Tuesday's contest with seven straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4 goals) and they left with even more momentum. While the 0-0 score might suggest a draw, it was the Crusaders who were credited with the win. Althoff Catholic got it done in the shootout by posting four goals to Columbia's three. Zero seems to be a good number for Althoff Catholic as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of goals in their previous game.
Althoff Catholic was without their leading scorer, Marissa Morris, in Tuesday's matchup. With Morris sitting this one out, Anna Brewer got some extra time on the pitch (100 vs. her season average of 69.6).
Sacred Heart-Griffin is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 20-5 record this season. As for Althoff Catholic, their win bumped their record up to 13-9-3.
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