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| 10/08/22 - Away | 3-0 W |
| 10/09/21 - Home | 5-1 W |
| 10/08/19 - Home | 3-1 W |
| 10/02/18 - Away | 2-2 T |
| 09/05/17 - Away | 3-10 L |
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Brother Rice and Providence Catholic are an even 3-3-1 against one another since September of 2015, but likely not for long. The Crusaders will challenge the Celtics at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Brother Rice will be strutting in after a victory while Providence Catholic will be coming in after a loss.
Brother Rice will roll into the match after a wild two-game stretch: they didn't score any goals on Tuesday, then bounced right back against Chicago Mt. Carmel on Thursday. The Crusaders walked away with a 4-2 win over the Caravan. The victory was all the more spectacular given Brother Rice's disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 208th, while Chicago Mt. Carmel are ranked 101st).
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 0-0 at halftime, Providence Catholic was not quite Fenwick's equal in the second half on Thursday. They fell just short of the Friars by a score of 2-1. Providence Catholic have struggled against Fenwick recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive lost matchup.
Providence Catholic's goal came courtesy of Jovanny Gonzalez, who's now up to 17 this season.
Providence Catholic's defeat was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 3-1-1 and their overall record down to 10-6-3. As for Brother Rice, their win was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-4-2 and their overall record up to 5-11-4.
Everything went Brother Rice's way against Providence Catholic when the teams last played back in October of 2022, as Brother Rice made off with a 3-0 victory. Will the Crusaders repeat their success, or do the Celtics have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
