Mount Notre Dame will take on the Harrison Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Mount Notre Dame's defense has only allowed 0.3 goals per game this season, so Harrison's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Mount Notre Dame is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. Their defense stepped up to hand Troy a 5-0 shutout. Given Mount Notre Dame's advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 30th, while Troy is ranked 170th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Harrison had already won ten in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3 goals) and they went ahead and made it 11 on Thursday. They beat the Bulldogs by a goal, winning 2-1. The Wildcats wouldn't have won without Shelby Piepmeier, who scored the game-winner.
The victory made it two in a row for Mount Notre Dame and bumps their season record up to 11-2-5. As for Harrison, their win bumped their record up to 17-1-1.
Mount Notre Dame was able to grind out a solid victory over Harrison when the teams last played back in October of 2016, winning 2-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mount Notre Dame 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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