Calvert Hall has a special soccer doubleheader slated for Friday.
The girls open the action at 5 p.m. when Mercy takes on St. Paul's. At 7 p.m., Calvert Hall hosts St. Paul's in Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference play.
Mercy athletic director and assistant coach Nick Gill is a Calvert Hall grad who played for Cardinals coach Rich Zinkand at CCBC-Essex. Gill is married to St. Paul's girls coach, Joie Gill, who has the Gators 7-0 and in first place in the Interscholastic Athletic Association B Conference. Mercy is 6-4 on the season and 1-3 in the IAAM A Conference.
The No. 2 Cardinals (9-2-2 overall, 7-2-1 in the MIAA) are battling for first first place with No. 1 Mount St. Joseph (7-1-1, 7-1-1) with both teams going into Friday's action with 22 points.
Calvert Hall claimed a 4-0 win over rebuilding St. Paul's (1-8-1, 1-8-1) in the teams' first meeting on Sept. 7.