The Padua Franciscan Bruins will look to defend their home pitch on Saturday against the Avon Lake Shoremen at 3:00 p.m. Padua Franciscan is coming into the matchup on a three-game losing streak.
On Thursday, Padua Franciscan came up short against Aurora and fell 3-1. While losing is never fun, the Bruins can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 281st, while the Greenmen are ranked 56th).
Padua Franciscan's goal came courtesy of
Garrett Nowicki, who's now up to 13 this season.
Meanwhile, Wednesday just wasn't the day for Avon Lake's offense. They fell just short of North Ridgeville by a score of 1-0 on Wednesday. While getting shut out isn't ideal, the Shoremen haven't been shut out since back in August.
Padua Franciscan's defeat dropped their record down to 2-8-4. As for Avon Lake, their loss dropped their record down to 10-3-1.
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