Soccer Recap: Murrieta Valley Takes a Loss

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Murrieta Valley can now relate to. They fell 2-0 to the Orange Lutheran Lancers on Wednesday. While losing is never fun, the Nighthawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 156th, while the Lancers are ranked third).

Murrieta Valley's defeat dropped their record down to 11-5. As for Orange Lutheran, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 9-4.

Murrieta Valley does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Orange Lutheran, they will head out on the road to square off against Huntington Beach at 5:00 p.m. on Friday.