Arcadia will attempt to recover from last week’s loss to Notre Dame when it travels to Chandler to face Seton Catholic on Friday.

Despite suffering a 40-20, the Titans can take several positives out of the loss to the Saints. Outside of three or four major miscues, Arcadia kept pace with the talented Notre Dame lineup for the majority of the game.

The Arcadia pass defense looked good in man coverage in the game. Corner backs Kyle York and Josh Anderson each made difficult deflections to break up long pass attempts by Notre Dame quarterback Jordan Gehrke.

The pass defense did make several mistakes in coverage that Gehrke exploited for long touchdown passes. On two occasions, the Titan backs failed to recognize a third receiver and allowed the opponent to charge downfield, uncovered.

The defensive backs will have to correct these errors in coverage quickly if they hope to contain the potent Seton passing game. Sentinels quarterback Anthony Wallace is averaging 244 yards a game and has tossed 13 touchdowns this season.

If the Arcadia backs can stay on their men, look for York and safety Brendan Satran to have big games. Both players have shown the ability to pull down interceptions this season, and Wallace has shown a penchant for inaccuracy, tossing 11 interceptions this season.

The Titan rush defense put up a tough wall on several of the Saints first-half possessions. Linebackers Landen Berry and Andrew Bradway led the team in tackles and stuffed a run on the Saints second drive of the game to give the Titans a chance to tie the game.

The rush defense did look vulnerable when Saints running back Korey Jones found room to the outside. Other than Satran and corner back Dylan Salam, the Arcadia secondary struggled in run support.

The Titan defense should not have to exert itself against the run this week, however, as Seton running back Mike Amorosi is averaging less than 40 yards a game.

On offense, Arcadia will rely heavily on the emergence of running back Sosaia Maafu. The bruising back is getting better every week and provides a physical presence up front. He provides a much-needed spark in the rushing attack as teams continue to key on fellow running back Bradley Tefft.

Maafu may have to run without the benefit of Tefft on Friday, however, as the speedy back left last week’s game with a knee injury.

The Titans also will need quarterback Cole Richardson to continue hitting his running backs for high-percentage throws. Richardson has been inaccurate downfield this season, but he found some rhythm with his backs at the end of last week’s game. Richardson also showed an ability to scramble, something he needs to resort to in lieu of forcing ill-advised throws under pressure.

The emergence of Satran at wide receiver should also help to improve Richardson’s downfield success. Satran’s speed will give his quarterback more room to work with and less pressure to put the ball on a dime. After a tough game at receiver against Notre Dame, look for Satran’s hands to improve as he gains more reps at the position.