The Cathedral Fighting Irish will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against the Indianapolis Shortridge Blue Devils at 7:15 p.m. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Cathedral's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Indianapolis Bishop Chatard 1-0. Given the Fighting Irish's advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana soccer rankings (they are ranked fifth, while the Trojans are ranked 34th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Cathedral's one-goal win came courtesy of
Gavin Bateman, who's now up to ten this season.
Meanwhile, Indianapolis Shortridge came up short against Pike on Thursday, falling 7-1.
Cathedral is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-3-2 record this season. As for Indianapolis Shortridge, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-5-1.
Cathedral took their win against Indianapolis Shortridge when the teams last played back in September of 2017 by a conclusive 8-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Cathedral 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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