Charleston Catholic has gone 10-0 against Hoover recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Charleston Catholic Irish will take on the Hoover Huskies at 6:00 p.m. Charleston Catholic's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for four straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Charleston Catholic is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of West Virginia's top teams: Hurricane, who was ranked second in their home state at the time (Charleston Catholic was ranked 15th). Charleston Catholic lost 5-1 to Hurricane on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Hoover unfortunately witnessed the end of their six-game winning streak on Tuesday. They came up short against Nitro, falling 4-1. The Huskies were red-hot offensively headed into the matchup (they scored no less than four goals in the six contests prior) but the Wildcats' defense proved too tough.
Hoover's goal came courtesy of
Donovan Brown, who's now up to 19 this season.
Charleston Catholic's loss dropped their record down to 8-7-3. As for Hoover, their defeat ended a six-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-5-1.
Charleston Catholic took their victory against Hoover in their previous meeting back in October of 2020 by a conclusive 4-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Charleston Catholic since the squad 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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