The Montgomery Catholic Knights will venture away from home to challenge the Smiths Station Panthers at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Montgomery Catholic sitting on seven straight victories and Smiths Station on nine.
Montgomery Catholic's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They put the hurt on LAMP with a sharp 10-0 win. Give the Knights' defense some credit: that's the team's fourth straight shutout.
Their offense was hitting LAMP from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal. Kate Johnson led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, Smiths Station's game on Friday was all tied up 2-2 at the half, but luckily for them it didn't stay that way. They won by a goal and slipped past Glenwood 4-3. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' Alabama soccer rankings (they are ranked 13th, while the Gators are ranked 76th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Montgomery Catholic pushed their record up to 10-1 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 35 goals over those four contests. As for Smiths Station, their win bumped their record up to 13-2.
Montgomery Catholic came out on top in a nail-biter against Smiths Station when the teams last played back in February of 2023, sneaking past 1-0. Will Montgomery Catholic repeat their success, or does Smiths Station have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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