St. Mary hasn't had much luck against Canisius recently, but that could start to change on Monday. The St. Mary's Lancers and the Canisius Crusaders are set to duel. Both teams beat their previous opponents by a single goal, so this matchup might be just as contested.
St. Mary's is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They had just enough and edged St. Francis out 4-3. The high-scoring effort was just what the Lancers needed considering they were shutout in their previous contest.
They hit St. Francis with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Danny Joseph,
Jack Lewandowski,
Matthew Tulshi, and
Taydan Williams.
Meanwhile, Canisius kept a clean sheet against Nichols last Thursday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Vikings 1-0. Given the Crusaders' advantage in MaxPreps' New York soccer rankings (they are ranked 18th, while the Vikings are ranked 314th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
St. Mary's pushed their record up to 8-8 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. As for Canisius, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-3-1 record this season.
St. Mary's suffered a grim 5-0 defeat to Canisius in their previous matchup on October 4th. Can St. Mary's avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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