The St. Croix Lutheran Crusaders will face off against Hope Academy at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (St. Croix Lutheran has three straight wins, Hope Academy has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
St. Croix Lutheran's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 1-0 victory over Providence Academy.
Meanwhile, Saturday just wasn't the day for Hope Academy's offense. They lost 3-0 to Southwest Christian on Saturday. While losing is never fun, Hope Academy can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota soccer rankings (they are ranked 110th, while Southwest Christian is ranked 28th).
St. Croix Lutheran's win bumped their record up to 5-2-2. As for Hope Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 5-4.
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