Preview: Oceanside vs. Lakewood
Oceanside is on a four-game streak of home wins, while Lakewood is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Oceanside Pirates will take on the Lakewood Lancers at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Oceanside had no problem doing just that on Thursday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Monarchs a 2-0 shutout. Oceanside's defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last seven matchups.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Thursday Lakewood sidestepped Torres for a 2-1 victory. Two seems to be a good number for Lakewood as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of goals in their previous game.
Oceanside's victory bumped their record up to 18-1-4. As for Lakewood, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 17-4-6 record this season.
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