The Xavier Falcons are taking a road trip to take on the Notre Dame Green Knights at 3:45 p.m. on Monday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Xavier sitting on six straight wins and Notre Dame on 12.
Xavier's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They put the hurt on East Haven with a sharp 8-0 victory. The Falcons might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five contests by three goals or more this season.
Meanwhile, Notre Dame's game on Saturday was all tied up 1-1 at the half, but luckily for them it didn't stay that way. They walked away with a 3-1 win over North Haven. Given the Green Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' Connecticut soccer rankings (they are ranked first, while the Nighthawks are ranked 41st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Xavier has been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2-1 record this season. As for Notre Dame, their victory was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 12-0.
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