The Homestead Spartans will square off against the Columbia City Eagles at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Homestead is coming into the game hot, having won their last 11 games.
Homestead's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They had just enough and edged Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger out 1-0. Given the Spartans' advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana soccer rankings (they are ranked fourth, while the Saints are ranked 26th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Homestead's one-goal win came courtesy of
Audrey Johnson, who's now up to 25 this season.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Columbia City had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. They blew past the Vikings 6-1. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 4-0.
Homestead's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 13-2-1. As for Columbia City, the victory snapped their winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 8-9 record.
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