Soccer Preview: Truckee vs. South Tahoe
The Truckee Wolverines will challenge the South Tahoe Vikings at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Truckee is coming into the game hot, having won their last three games.
Truckee is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They never let Lowry onto the board and left with a 2-0 victory. Given the Wolverines' advantage in MaxPreps' soccer rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked eighth in California, while the Buckaroos are ranked 41st in Nevada), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Fiona Balan and
Ramsey TenEyck scored both of Truckee's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 37 goals.
Meanwhile, South Tahoe hasn't lost a match since October 15th, a trend which continued in their latest game on Friday. While the 1-1 score might suggest a draw, it was South Tahoe who was credited with the win. South Tahoe got it done in the shootout by posting four goals to North Tahoe's two.
Truckee is on a roll lately: they've won 17 of their last 18 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 21-3-1 record this season. As for South Tahoe, their victory bumped their record up to 16-2-2.
Truckee came out on top in a nail-biter against South Tahoe when the teams last played back in October, sneaking past 1-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Truckee since the team 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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