The Canisius Crusaders will challenge the Aquinas Institute Little Irish at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Canisius is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.4 goals per game this season.
Canisius is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New York's top teams: St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute, who was ranked 21st in their home state at the time (Canisius was ranked 22nd). Canisius fell just short of St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute by a score of 2-1 on Thursday. It was the first time this season that the Crusaders let down their fans at home.
Their goal came courtesy of
Ethan Manley, who's now up to ten this season.
Meanwhile, Aquinas Institute had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.2 goals) and they went ahead and made it seven on Tuesday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Kings a 6-0 shutout. Considering the Little Irish have won seven games by more than two goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
The loss snapped Canisius' losing streak at four games and leaves them with a 8-3-1 record. As for Aquinas Institute, their victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 9-2.
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