Cocalico is on a six-game streak of home wins, while Lancaster Catholic is on a five-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Cocalico Eagles will host the Lancaster Catholic Crusaders at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Cocalico will bounce into Thursday's game after beating Elizabethtown, who they hadn't topped in seven consecutive meetings. Cocalico won by a goal and slipped past Elizabethtown 2-1. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 80th, while the Bears are ranked 349th), the result on Thursday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Lancaster Catholic kept a clean sheet against Pequea Valley on Tuesday. They came out on top against the Braves by a score of 2-0.
Gianlucka Barboza and
Stephen Scott scored both of Lancaster Catholic's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 19 goals.
Cocalico's win bumped their record up to 13-3-1. As for Lancaster Catholic, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-3-1 record this season.
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