Soccer Recap: Ripon Christian's Run of Five Straight Wins Now Over

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Ripon Christian can now relate to. They fell just short of the Lowell Cardinals by a score of 1-0 on Saturday. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 387th, while the Cardinals are ranked 161st).

Knights

Previous 5 Games

03/08/25 @ Lowell	0-1
03/06/25 vs Oakland Tech	1-0
03/04/25 vs Granite Hills	3-0
02/22/25 vs Big Valley Christian	1-0
02/20/25 vs Bradshaw Christian	1-0

Ripon Christian moved to 17-9-1 with that loss, which also ended their five-game winning streak. The wins came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only given up zero goals over those five matches. As for Lowell, the win (which was their 16th in a row) raised their record to 18-2.

As of now, neither Ripon Christian nor Lowell have any future games scheduled.