The Owensboro Catholic Aces are on the road again on Saturday to play the Russellville Panthers at 10:00 a.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Owensboro Catholic will roll into the match after a wild two-game stretch: they didn't score any goals last Thursday, then bounced right back against Butler County on Saturday. Owensboro Catholic's defense stepped up to hand Butler County a 4-0 shutout. The high-scoring performance was a welcome turnaround for the Aces' offense, which had struggled in the games prior.
Meanwhile, Russellville had already won three in a row, and they went ahead and made it four on Thursday. They blew past the Wildcats 3-0. Give the Panthers' defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Jacoveon Temple-Dickerson and
Eli Flippen scored all three of Russellville's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 12 goals.
Owensboro Catholic's first victory this season bumped their record up to 1-3-1. As for Russellville, their win bumped their record up to 7-1.
Everything went Owensboro Catholic's way against Russellville in their previous matchup back in September of 2021 as Owensboro Catholic made off with a 4-0 victory. Does Owensboro Catholic have another victory up their sleeve, or will Russellville turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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