The Newman Greenies will square off against the St. Scholastica Doves at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Newman is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Louisiana's top teams: St. Mary's Dominican, who was ranked 24th at the time (Newman was ranked fifth). Newman's defense stepped up to hand St. Mary's Dominican a 4-0 shutout on Tuesday. The Greenies' defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last four matchups.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask St. Scholastica). They put the hurt on Pearl River with a sharp 10-0 victory on Wednesday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Doves.
Newman has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-2-2 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up one goal over those six contests. As for St. Scholastica, their win bumped their record up to 11-2-5.
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