The South Bend St. Joseph Huskies will square off against the Northridge Raiders at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. South Bend St. Joseph will be looking to extend their current five-game winning streak.
If South Bend St. Joseph beats Northridge with two goals on Saturday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. South Bend St. Joseph skirted past Culver Academies 2-1. Given the Huskies' advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana soccer rankings (they are ranked 24th, while the Eagles are ranked 148th), the result on Thursday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Northridge). Their defense stepped up to hand Mishawaka a 10-0 shutout on Thursday. The high-scoring effort was just what the Raiders needed considering they were shutout in their previous match.
Their offense was hitting Mishawaka from everywhere, as seven different players booted in a goal.
Julius Esquivias led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by himself.
South Bend St. Joseph's win bumped their record up to 6-2. As for Northridge, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 5-3-1 record this season.
South Bend St. Joseph came up short against Northridge in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, falling 2-0. Can South Bend St. Joseph avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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