Papillion-LaVista is 2-8 against Marian since April of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Papillion-LaVista Monarchs will head out on the road to face off against the Marian Crusaders at 5:00 p.m. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Papillion-LaVista is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nebraska's top teams: Omaha Westside, who was ranked 18th in their home state at the time (Papillion-LaVista was ranked 23rd). Papillion-LaVista never let Omaha Westside onto the board and left with a 1-0 victory on Monday. Izzy Ashby had the honor of scoring the game-winner for Papillion-LaVista.
Meanwhile, Marian waltzed into their match on Monday with 11 straight wins... but they left with 12. They were the clear victor by a 10-0 margin over the Bulldogs. Marian might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won nine matchups by four goals or more this season.
Papillion-LaVista has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-7 record this season. As for Marian, they pushed their record up to 15-1 with that win, which was their ninth straight at home.
Papillion-LaVista might still be hurting after the 4-0 loss they got from Marian when the teams last played back in April. Can Papillion-LaVista avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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