The Avon Lake Shoremen are on the road again on Saturday to play the Padua Franciscan Bruins at 3:00 p.m. Neither squad made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Avon Lake's offense might be in the hot seat on Saturday considering what happened against North Ridgeville on Wednesday. They fell just short of the Rangers by a score of 1-0. The shutout was out of character for the Shoremen seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in August.
Meanwhile, Padua Franciscan was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Aurora. While losing is never fun, the Bruins can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 281st, while the Greenmen are ranked 56th).
Padua Franciscan's goal came courtesy of
Garrett Nowicki, who's now up to 13 this season.
Avon Lake's defeat dropped their record down to 10-3-1. As for Padua Franciscan, their loss dropped their record down to 2-8-4.
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