The Benet Academy Redwings will challenge the Marmion Cadets at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Benet Academy has three straight victories, Marmion has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
Benet Academy's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against St. Patrick , sneaking past 1-0. Given the Redwings' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 32nd, while the Shamrocks are ranked 122nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Benet Academy's one-goal win came courtesy of
Brendan Bergnach, who's now up to 18 this season.
Meanwhile, Marmion managed to keep up with Oswego until halftime on Saturday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Marmion lost 6-3 to Oswego. That's two games in a row now that the Cadets have lost by exactly three goals.
Benet Academy has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 11-4-2 record this season. As for Marmion, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-8-2.
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