Urbana is 0-8 against Peoria Notre Dame since May of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Urbana Tigers will head out on the road to square off against the Peoria Notre Dame Irish at 7:00 p.m. Urbana will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Illinois Rankings (they are ranked 216th, while Peoria Notre Dame is ranked 16th).
Urbana is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Richwoods just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Tuesday. They lost 8-0 to the Knights. Having soared to a lofty five goals in the game before, Urbana's shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Meanwhile, Peoria Notre Dame put the finishing touches on their tenth blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. Their defense stepped up to hand Bloomington a 9-0 shutout. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for Peoria Notre Dame considering their one-goal performance the game before.
Urbana now has a losing record at 9-10. As for Peoria Notre Dame, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 18-1-1.
Urbana might still be hurting after the 8-0 defeat they got from Peoria Notre Dame in their previous matchup back in May of 2023. Can Urbana avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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