Soccer Recap: Fullerton Beats Santa Ana for Their Fifth Straight Victory

Indians

Previous 5 Games

01/28/25 vs Santa Ana	1-0
01/23/25 @ Garden Grove	2-1
01/21/25 vs Calvary Chapel	3-0
01/16/25 @ Westminster	1-0
01/09/25 @ Santa Ana	4-1

Fullerton entered their tilt with Santa Ana on Tuesday with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. Their defense stepped up to hand the Santa Ana Saints a 1-0 shutout. Given the Indians' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 218th, while the Saints are ranked 439th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Fullerton's one-goal win came courtesy of Sophia Thibodeaux, who's now up to six this season.

Fullerton has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a massive bump to their 15-5-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up three goals over those seven contests. As for Santa Ana, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-6-2.

The future could be bright for both Fullerton and Santa Ana: their next opponents haven't had the best luck recently. Fullerton will try to hand Westminster their third-straight loss when the two meet at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Similarly, Santa Ana will look to extend Calvary Chapel's four-game losing streak when the meet at 2:15 p.m. on Thursday.