The Carroll Patriots have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Belmont Bison at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams beat their previous opponents by a single goal, so this matchup might be just as contested.
If Belmont heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Carroll took over last week. Carroll won by a goal and slipped past Chaminade Julienne Catholic 2-1. Given the Patriots' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 31st, while the Eagles are ranked 112th), the result on Wednesday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Belmont kept a clean sheet against West Carrollton two weeks ago. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Pirates , sneaking past 1-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Bison.
Carroll has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-2-2 record this season. As for Belmont, their victory bumped their record up to 2-3-1.
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