The Xavier Saints will venture away from home to take on the Cedar Falls Tigers at 6:45 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Cedar Falls will square off against a team with plenty of momentum: Xavier extended their winning streak to three on Tuesday. The Saints' defense stepped up to hand Lone Tree a 3-0 shutout. That's two games straight that Xavier have won by exactly three goals.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Cedar Falls). Everything went their way against Western Dubuque on Tuesday as they made off with a 6-0 victory. Cedar Falls' offense finally found a way to get into gear: the high-octane performance was a 180-degree turn from their last three games.
Xavier now has a winning record of 4-3-1. As for Cedar Falls, with the win, they broke their three-game losing streak and moved their record to 7-6.
Xavier came out on top in a nail-biter against Cedar Falls when the teams last played back in April of 2024, sneaking past 2-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Saints since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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