The St. Augustine Prep Hermits will square off against the St. John-Vianney Lancers on Friday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with St. Augustine Prep sitting on six straight wins and St. John-Vianney on four.
St. Augustine Prep's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 1-0 victory over Shawnee. Give St. Augustine Prep's defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but St. John-Vianney had no problem doing just that on Monday. They blew past the Vikings 5-1. The final result isn't all that surprising considering St. John-Vianney's considerable advantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey soccer rankings (they are ranked 141st, while Union Catholic are ranked 285th).
St. Augustine Prep's win bumped their record up to 17-1-1. As for St. John-Vianney, their victory bumped their record up to 6-4-4.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
