The Rochester Rockets will venture away from home to take on the Quincy Notre Dame Raiders at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, these teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Rochester is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Monday. Their defense stepped up to hand Lutheran a 9-0 shutout. Rochester might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven matches by four goals or more this season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Quincy Notre Dame). They blew past Beardstown 8-0 on Monday. Given Quincy Notre Dame's advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 138th, while Beardstown are ranked 319th) , the win wasn't entirely unexpected.
Rochester has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups. That's provided a massive bump to their 11-5-3 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only given up two goals over those five contests. As for Quincy Notre Dame, the win got them back to even at 7-7-4.
Rochester skirted past Quincy Notre Dame 1-0 when the teams last played back in April of 2024. Will the Rockets repeat their success, or do the Raiders have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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