Immaculata-La Salle and Belen Jesuit are an even 4-4-1 against one another since January of 2015, but likely not for long. The Immaculata-La Salle Royal Lions will be playing in front of their home fans against the Belen Jesuit Wolverines at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Immaculata-La Salle's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They put the hurt on St. Brendan with a sharp 5-0 victory. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Royal Lions considering their one-goal performance the contest before.
Meanwhile, Belen Jesuit came tearing into Tuesday's match with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.3 goals) and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top against the Raiders by a score of 3-1. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Wolverines were the better team in the second half.
They hit St. Thomas Aquinas with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Nicolas Lopez, Ryan Wendelken, and Eduardo Poleo.
Immaculata-La Salle is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-1-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 17 goals over those five contests. As for Belen Jesuit, they pushed their record up to 9-4-4 with the win, which was their third straight at home.
Immaculata-La Salle was able to grind out a solid victory over Belen Jesuit in their previous meeting back in January of 2023, winning 3-1. Will Immaculata-La Salle repeat their success, or does Belen Jesuit have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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