Marian has enjoyed a five-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will take on the Gretna East Griffins at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
It may have taken extra minutes to finish the job, but Marian ultimately got the result they hoped for on Saturday. They never let Millard West onto the board and left with a 1-0 win. Give Marian's defense some credit: that's the team's seventh straight shutout.
Their one-goal win came courtesy of
Paige Miller, who's now up to eight this season.
Meanwhile, Gretna East put another one in the bag on Saturday to keep their perfect season alive. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Gretna 4-3.
Marian's win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-1. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 32 goals over those six matches. As for Gretna East, their victory bumped their record up to 8-0.
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