Metro-East Lutheran has enjoyed the comforts of home their last seven games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will face off against the Althoff Catholic Crusaders at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. Metro-East Lutheran 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 392nd, while Althoff Catholic is ranked 110th).
Althoff Catholic will have to contend with a Metro-East Lutheran squad hungry for a victory, something the team hasn't seen since March 11. Metro-East Lutheran's rough 4-1 loss to Southwestern on Monday might stick with them for a while. Metro-East Lutheran was in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 3-0.
Their goal came courtesy of
Rosa Sanchez, who's now up to three this season.
Meanwhile, Althoff Catholic kept a clean sheet against Maryville Christian on Thursday. They put the hurt on the Lions with a sharp 5-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Althoff Catholic.
Metro-East Lutheran's defeat dropped their record down to 1-14-2. As for Althoff Catholic, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 7-9-3 record this season.
Metro-East Lutheran might still be hurting after the 9-0 loss they got from Althoff Catholic in their previous meeting last Tuesday. Can Metro-East Lutheran avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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