Saint Gertrude has enjoyed a four-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will square off against the Collegiate Cougars at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Thursday, Saint Gertrude kept a clean sheet against James River HomeSchool. They put the hurt on the Eagles with a sharp 5-0 victory.
Meanwhile, Collegiate had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.5 goals), and they went ahead and made it seven on Friday. They came out on top against the Saints by a score of 2-0. Given Collegiate's advantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 14th, while St. Anne's-Belfield is ranked 60th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
The win got Saint Gertrude back to even at 3-3-2. As for Collegiate, their victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-2.
Saint Gertrude might still be hurting after the 7-0 loss they got from Collegiate when the teams last played back in March of 2023. Can Saint Gertrude avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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