Soccer Preview: Upper Lake vs. Willits
Upper Lake has gone 8-1 against Willits recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Upper Lake Cougars will challenge the Willits Wolverines at 6:45 p.m.
Upper Lake is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of California's top teams: Lower Lake, who was ranked tenth in their home state at the time (Upper Lake was ranked eighth). Upper Lake fell 3-1 to Lower Lake last Thursday. Having soared to a lofty seven goals in the game before, the Cougars couldn't push the score so high this time.
Meanwhile, Willits waltzed into their contest on Thursday with five straight wins... but they left with six. Their defense stepped up to hand the Cardinals a 4-0 shutout. The game marked the Wolverines' most dominant win of the season.
They hit Clear Lake with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Briana Carrillo,
Ava Holmen,
Nora Martin, and
Delia Siderakis.
Upper Lake's loss dropped their record down to 4-3. As for Willits, they pushed their record up to 8-1-2 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home.
Upper Lake took their win against Willits when the teams last played back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 5-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Upper Lake since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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