The Northridge Knights will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against the Cristo Rey Jesuit Cristeros at 5:00 p.m. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Northridge is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over Cristo Rey St. Martin. The win was all the more spectacular given the Knights' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 89th, while the CRSM are ranked 24th).
Meanwhile, Cristo Rey Jesuit had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.8 goals) and they went ahead and made it five on Tuesday. They never let the Lions onto the board and left with a 3-0 victory. Considering the Cristeros have won 13 matches by more than two goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Northridge has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-3-2 record this season. As for Cristo Rey Jesuit, their win bumped their record up to 19-4-2.
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