The St. Teresa Bulldogs will venture away from home to take on the Auburn Trojans at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (St. Teresa has three straight victories, Auburn has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
If Auburn heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when St. Teresa took over last week. The Bulldogs had just enough and edged out Taylorville 2-1 on Monday. That's two games straight that St. Teresa have won by just one goal.
Meanwhile, Auburn fell victim to Williamsville and their airtight defense on Thursday. They came up short against the Bullets, falling 11-0. While losing is never fun, Auburn can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 131st, while Williamsville are ranked 14th).
St. Teresa's win bumped their record up to 4-2. As for Auburn, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-5.
St. Teresa suffered a grim 11-0 defeat to Auburn when the teams last played back in April of 2023. Can the Bulldogs avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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