Santa Maria hasn't had much luck against Santa Ynez recently, but that could start to change on Wednesday. The Santa Maria Saints will welcome the Santa Ynez Pirates at 6:00 p.m. Santa Maria is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last three games.
Santa Maria will bounce into Wednesday's game after beating Santa Ynez, who they had gone 1-7 against in their nine prior meetings. Santa Maria came out on top against Santa Ynez by a score of 3-1 last Friday. Given the Saints' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 224th, while the Pirates are ranked 454th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Darlyn Santiago Sanchez and Lucero Abundiz scored all three of Santa Maria's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 57 goals.
Santa Ynez's victory bumped their record up to 7-9. As for Santa Maria, their win bumped their record up to 20-2.
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