The Brother Rice Crusaders will square off against the Bloom Blazing Trojan at 9:45 a.m. on Saturday. Bloom took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Brother Rice, who comes in off a win.
Brother Rice's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. Everything went their way against IC Catholic Prep as Brother Rice made off with an 8-0 victory. Given the Crusaders' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 51st, while the Knights are ranked 278th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Bloom entered their matchup against Lincoln-Way East on Thursday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Bloom took a 4-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of Lincoln-Way East. The Blazing Trojan's defeat signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.
Omar Ortiz and
Christopher Mendez scored both of Bloom's goals, bringing their combined season tally to six goals.
The win made it two in a row for Brother Rice and bumps their season record up to 5-1-2. As for Bloom, their loss dropped their record down to 4-3.
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