Soccer Recap: Salinas Beats Watsonville for Their Fifth Straight Win

Cowboys

Margin (Wins)

12/17/24 vs Santa Cruz	10
01/23/25 vs Rancho San Juan	7
12/19/24 vs Alisal	5
01/07/25 @ Everett Alvarez	4
01/21/25 @ Hollister	4

Salinas came tearing into Friday's match with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4 goals) and they left with even more momentum. They were the clear victor by a 5-1 margin over the Watsonville Wildcatz. The Cowboys might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine contests by three goals or more this season.

They hit Watsonville with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Kate Nunes (2), Praisia Lowe (2), and Kaitlyn Mendoza.

Salinas has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-1-2 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 54 goals over those 11 matches. As for Watsonville, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-9-2.

Coincidentally, Salinas and Watsonville will both be playing Soledad the next time they take the pitch. Watsonville will host Soledad at 6:45 p.m. on Tuesday, while Salinas will host them at 5:45 p.m. on Thursday.