Cardinal Gibbons is 7-2 against Sanderson since March of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Cardinal Gibbons Crusaders will be playing in front of their home fans against the Sanderson Spartans at 6:30 p.m. Cardinal Gibbons is strutting in with some offensive muscle, as they've averaged 2.9 goals per game this season.
Cardinal Gibbons can now show off four landslide victories after their most recent game on Monday. Their defense stepped up to hand Athens Drive a 3-0 shutout. The result kept Cardinal Gibbons happy, as they haven't lost a game since March 13th.
They hit Athens Drive with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Molly Nussbaumer,
Kate Sheehan, and
Charlotte Fusco.
Meanwhile, after soaring to seven goals the game before, Sanderson was a bit more limited in their contest on Monday. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 5-1 walloping at the hands of Leesville Road. While losing is never fun, Sanderson can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 136th, while Leesville Road is ranked 40th).
Cardinal Gibbons pushed their record up to 5-3-2 with that victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 14 goals over those four matches. As for Sanderson, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-5.
Everything went Cardinal Gibbons' way against Sanderson when the teams last played back in April of 2023 as Cardinal Gibbons made off with a 4-0 win. Does Cardinal Gibbons have another victory up their sleeve, or will Sanderson turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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