The Archbishop Murphy Wildcats are on the road again on Thursday to play the Mountlake Terrace Hawks at 7:30 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty goal totals in their previous games.
Archbishop Murphy is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. Their defense stepped up to hand Lynnwood an 8-0 shutout on Thursday. Give the Wildcats' defense some credit: that's the team's fifth straight shutout.
Their offense was hitting Lynnwood from everywhere, as seven different players booted in a goal.
Keira Shander led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, everything went Mountlake Terrace's way against Lynnwood on Tuesday as Mountlake Terrace made off with a 9-0 victory. Given the Hawks' advantage in MaxPreps' Washington soccer rankings (they are ranked 98th, while the Royals are ranked 253rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Archbishop Murphy's win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 5-0. As for Mountlake Terrace, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 3-2.
Archbishop Murphy might still be hurting after the 5-2 loss they got from Mountlake Terrace in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Can Archbishop Murphy avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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