Preview: Mark Keppel vs. Diamond Ranch
The Mark Keppel Aztecs will face off against the Diamond Ranch Panthers at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Mark Keppel comes in on eight and Diamond Ranch on four.
Two teams were on the hunt for playoff glory, but only Mark Keppel walked away with it. They had just enough and edged the Rajahs out 1-0. That's two games straight that Mark Keppel has won by exactly one goal.
Meanwhile, Diamond Ranch can now show off 12 landslide victories after their most recent game on Saturday. They put the hurt on Grace with a sharp 5-1 victory. Given Diamond Ranch's advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 272nd, while Grace is ranked 773rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Mark Keppel pushed their record up to 15-3-1 with that victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 14 goals over those five matchups. As for Diamond Ranch, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-4 record this season.
