The Marmion Cadets will challenge the Benet Academy Redwings at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Marmion has struggled recently with four losses in a row, while Benet Academy will arrive with three straight wins.
Marmion managed to keep up with Oswego until halftime on Saturday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Marmion came up short against Oswego, falling 6-3. That's two games in a row now that the Cadets have lost by exactly three goals.
Meanwhile, Benet Academy kept a clean sheet against St. Patrick on Tuesday. They beat the Shamrocks by a goal, winning 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.
Marmion's defeat dropped their record down to 6-8-2. As for Benet Academy, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a massive bump to their 11-4-2 record this season.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
