The Santa Barbara Dons will take on the Pacifica Tritons in a holiday battle at 5:15 p.m. on Thursday. Santa Barbara's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for five straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
On Tuesday, Santa Barbara came up short against Oxnard and fell 3-1. That's two games in a row now that Santa Barbara have lost by exactly two goals.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Pacifica). They beat San Marcos by a goal, winning 2-1.
Pacifica's first victory this season bumped their record up to 1-2-1. As for Santa Barbara, their loss dropped their record down to 1-3-3.
Santa Barbara suffered a grim 4-1 defeat to Pacifica in their previous meeting back in January. Can the Dons avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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