The University Red Devils will take on the Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory Fightin' Irish in a holiday battle at at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. University's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for three straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Saturday just wasn't the day for University's offense. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Branson on Saturday. The loss was the Red Devils' first of the season.
Meanwhile, Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory kept a clean sheet against Archbishop Riordan on Monday. They came out on top against the Crusaders by a score of 2-0. While the Fightin' Irish didn't have the best season last year (they finished 5-10-3), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Having lost for the first time this season, University fell to 2-1-1. As for Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory, their victory bumped their record up to 5-1.
Everything went University's way against Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory in their previous matchup back in January, as University made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for University 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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