The Proviso West Panthers will head out on the road to square off against the Nazareth Academy Roadrunners at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Proviso West's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for eight straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Proviso West managed to keep up with Addison Trail until halftime on Thursday, but things quickly went downhill from there. The Panthers lost 8-0 to the Blazers. While losing is never fun, Proviso West can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 351st, while Addison Trail are ranked 87th).
Meanwhile, after failing to score in their last matchup, Nazareth Academy made sure to put some goals up on the board against Marian Catholic on Wednesday. They put the hurt on the Spartans with a sharp 7-1 victory. The result was nothing new for Nazareth Academy, who have now won five contests by three goals or more so far this season.
Nazareth Academy was without their leading scorer, Molly Moore, in Wednesday's game. With Moore sidelined, the Roadrunners had to make some changes to the lineup. Janice Gonzalez played for 15 minutes having averaged 9.7 this season.
Nazareth Academy is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 7-3-1 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 25 goals over those six contests. As for Proviso West, their loss dropped their record down to 1-7-1.
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