A feisty cat fight is on tap when the Marin Catholic duke it out with the Cardinal Newman at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday... Marin Catholic is coming into the match hot, having won their last five games.
If Marin Catholic beats Cardinal Newman with six goals on Saturday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. Marin Catholic blew past San Rafael 6-1 on Thursday. With that win, the Wildcats brought their scoring average up to 2.7 goals per game.
Their offense was hitting San Rafael from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal. Ava Korich led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, Cardinal Newman didn't have quite enough to beat Analy on Thursday and fell 2-1. The Cardinals have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Marin Catholic's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-2-2. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 11 goals over those four games. As for Cardinal Newman, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-7.
Marin Catholic came up short against Cardinal Newman in their previous meeting back in February of 2018, falling 2-0. Can Marin Catholic avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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