The Marquette Catholic Explorers will head out on the road to face off against the Althoff Catholic Crusaders at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Marquette Catholic will roll into the contest after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal on Tuesday, then bounced right back against Mater Dei on Wednesday. Marquette Catholic never let Mater Dei onto the board and left with a 4-0 win. Considering the Explorers have won nine games by more than two goals this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, Althoff Catholic and Belleville East met for a duel on Tuesday where Althoff Catholic came out on top. Althoff Catholic walked away with a 2-0 victory over Belleville East. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Crusaders were the better team in the second half.
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Dakarai Gray scored both of Althoff Catholic's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 17 goals.
The win snapped Marquette Catholic's losing streak at three games and leaves them with a 12-5 record. As for Althoff Catholic, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-4 record this season.
Marquette Catholic might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Althoff Catholic when the teams last played back in September. Can Marquette Catholic avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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