Cathedral waltzed into their match on Wednesday with two straight wins... but they left with three. Their defense stepped up to hand the Indianapolis Bishop Chatard Trojans a 1-0 shutout. Given the Fighting Irish's advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana soccer rankings (they are ranked fifth, while the Trojans are ranked 34th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Cathedral's one-goal win came courtesy of
Gavin Bateman, who's now up to ten this season.
Cathedral is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-3-2 record this season. As for Indianapolis Bishop Chatard, their loss ended a six-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 12-4-1.
Both are set to take part in some playoff action in their next matches. Cathedral will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against Indianapolis Shortridge at 7:15 p.m. Indianapolis Shortridge is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.9 goals per game this season. As for Indianapolis Bishop Chatard, they will square off against Indianapolis Washington at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Indianapolis Bishop Chatard is facing Indianapolis Washington at the right time seeing as Indianapolis Washington is stuck on a four-game losing streak.
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