The Sacred Heart Prep Gators will head out on the road to take on the Notre Dame Tigers at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Sacred Heart Prep will be looking to extend their current ten-game winning streak.
Sacred Heart Prep stacked an eighth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Friday. Their defense stepped up to hand Harker a 4-0 shutout. Four seems to be a good number for Sacred Heart Prep as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of goals in their previous game.
Meanwhile, Notre Dame scored the most points they've had all season to find success on Friday. Everything went their way against Priory as Notre Dame made off with a 4-0 win. Given Notre Dame's advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 388th, while Priory is ranked 856th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Sacred Heart Prep's victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 14-3-1. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 27 goals over those seven contests. As for Notre Dame, they now have a winning record of 8-7-3.
Sacred Heart Prep was able to grind out a solid win over Notre Dame in their previous meeting back in January, winning 4-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for Sacred Heart Prep since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
