The Lick-Wilmerding Tigers will head out on the road to challenge the Cardinal Newman Cardinals at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
With a playoff game on the line, Lick-Wilmerding rose to the challenge on Saturday. They won by a goal and slipped past the Panthers 2-1. Given Lick-Wilmerding's advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 185th, while San Domenico is ranked 557th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Cardinal Newman came tearing into Saturday's contest with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4 goals) and they left with even more momentum. They had just enough and edged San Marin out 2-1.
Cardinal Newman was led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Saul Cuellar and
Jude Stone, who scored both of Cardinal Newman's goals. The pair have combined for a total of 12 so far this season.
The win made it two in a row for Lick-Wilmerding and bumps their season record up to 11-5-4. As for Cardinal Newman, they pushed their record up to 20-2-2 with that victory, which was their eighth straight at home.
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