The Cathedral Fighting Irish are taking a road trip to challenge the Homestead Spartans at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday.
Cathedral is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Indiana's top teams: Center Grove, who was ranked second in their home state at the time (Cathedral was ranked tenth). Cathedral took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Center Grove on Thursday. The Fighting Irish's loss signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.
Meanwhile, Homestead entered their tilt with Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger on Thursday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They had just enough and edged the Saints out 2-1. That's two games straight that the Spartans have won by just one goal.
Cathedral's defeat dropped their record down to 5-3-1. As for Homestead, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2-2 record this season.
Everything went Cathedral's way against Homestead in their previous matchup back in September of 2023 as Cathedral made off with a 5-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Cathedral since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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