The Triad Knights will square off against the Althoff Catholic Crusaders at 5:45 p.m. on Monday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Triad's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They walked away with a 2-0 victory over Mascoutah. The final result isn't all the surprising considering Triad's considerable advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 25th, while Mascoutah are ranked 85th).
Izzy Hancock and Lilly Zobrist scored both of Triad's goals, bringing their combined season tally to three goals.
Meanwhile, Althoff Catholic won against Marquette Catholic on Wednesday with two goals and they decided to stick to that goal total again on Friday. The Crusaders came out on top against Civic Memorial by a score of 2-0. That's two games straight that Althoff Catholic have won by exactly two goals.
Althoff Catholic is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games. That's provided a nice bump to their 9-4-1 record this season. As for Triad, their win bumped their record up to 7-3.
Triad came out on top in a nail-biter against Althoff Catholic in their previous meeting back in April of 2024, sneaking past 1-0. Do the Knights have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Crusaders turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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