Cathedral is 1-8 against Carmel since August of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The Cathedral Fighting Irish will be staying on the road to face off against the Carmel Greyhounds at 2:00 p.m.
Cathedral is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. Their defense stepped up to hand Westfield a 1-0 shutout. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Fighting Irish were the better team in the second half.
Meanwhile, Carmel had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.3 goals) and they went ahead and made it five on Thursday. Everything went their way against the Wildcats as they made off with a 4-0 win. Considering the Greyhounds have won nine matches by more than two goals this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
They hit Lawrence North with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Olivia Cebalo (2),
Emma Ehret, and
Anne Keleher.
Cathedral has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-4-2 record this season. As for Carmel, their victory bumped their record up to 13-3-2.
Cathedral skirted past Carmel 2-1 when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Does Cathedral have another victory up their sleeve, or will Carmel turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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