Cardinal Gibbons and Leesville Road are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2018, but likely not for long. The Cardinal Gibbons Crusaders will face off against the Leesville Road Pride at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Cardinal Gibbons sitting on three straight wins and Leesville Road on five.
In what's become a running theme this season, Cardinal Gibbons gave their fans yet another huge victory on Monday. They blew past Enloe 5-2. It was an even better day for Hailey Cuomo as she scored three goals for her team.
Meanwhile, Leesville Road made easy work of Broughton on Monday and carried off a 4-1 win. Given Leesville Road's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 24th, while Broughton is ranked 209th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Cardinal Gibbons has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 7-3-2 record this season. As for Leesville Road, their victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-2-3.
Cardinal Gibbons came out on top in a nail-biter against Leesville Road when the teams last played back in April of 2023, sneaking past 1-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Cardinal Gibbons since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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