The Cathedral Catholic Dons will face off against the Patrick Henry Patriots at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Cathedral Catholic will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more goals each match than the last.
Cathedral Catholic is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. Their defense stepped up to hand Coronado a 7-0 shutout on Friday. Give the Dons' defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Their offense was hitting Coronado from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal. Tyler Rolf led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Patrick Henry, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Wednesday. They won by a goal and slipped past Point Loma 1-0. Given the Patriots' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 67th, while the Pointers are ranked 204th), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Cathedral Catholic has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-5-2 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up three goals over those seven contests. As for Patrick Henry, their victory bumped their record up to 9-7-2.
Cathedral Catholic came out on top in a nail-biter against Patrick Henry when the teams last played back in January, sneaking past 1-0. Does Cathedral Catholic have another victory up their sleeve, or will Patrick Henry turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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