The Mater Dei Monarchs will face off against the Bishop Gorman Gaels at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Mater Dei sitting on five straight victories and Bishop Gorman on three.
Mater Dei is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another highly-ranked state team: Magnolia Heights, who was ranked fourth in their home state at the time (Mater Dei was ranked third). Mater Dei never let Magnolia Heights get on the board and left with a 1-0 win on Saturday. The one-run effort marked the Monarchs' lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Meanwhile, Bishop Gorman had just enough and edged out St. John Bosco 1-0 on Friday.
Bishop Gorman's victory bumped their record up to 3-1. As for Mater Dei, they pushed their record up to 5-0 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season.
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