The Duchesne Cardinals have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Mercy Monarchs at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Duchesne stacked a ninth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. Their defense stepped up to hand Gross Catholic a 4-0 shutout. Duchesne's defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last four contests.
Meanwhile, Mercy won against Roncalli Catholic on Thursday with one goal and they decided to stick to that goal total again on Tuesday. Mercy had just enough and edged Ralston out 1-0. Mercy wouldn't have won without Melina Nelson, who scored the game-winner.
Duchesne's victory was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 14-1. As for Mercy, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-7 record this season.
Duchesne came out on top in a nail-biter against Mercy in their previous matchup back in April, sneaking past 1-0. Will Duchesne repeat their success, or does Mercy have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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