For the first time this season, University Lab will have a chance to prove themselves in a conference matchup. They will look to defend their home pitch on Saturday against the St. Michael Warriors at 5:00 p.m. University Lab will be strutting in after a win while St. Michael will be coming in after a defeat.
University Lab is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. Their defense stepped up to hand Plaquemine a 10-0 shutout on Tuesday. Considering University Lab have won six contests by more than two goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 0-0 at halftime, St. Michael was not quite Pope John Paul II's equal in the second half on Thursday. They came up short against the Jaguars, falling 3-0. While losing is never fun, St. Michael can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Louisiana soccer rankings (they are ranked 75th, while Pope John Paul II are ranked 20th).
University Lab is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 10-2-2 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 25 goals over those seven matchups. As for St. Michael, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-11-1.
University Lab came out on top in a nail-biter against St. Michael when the teams last played back in January of 2025, sneaking past 1-0. Do the Cubs have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Warriors turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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