The Oceanside Pirates are taking a road trip to square off against the Vista Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Oceanside's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for four straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Oceanside is likely headed into the contest with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Mission Vista on Tuesday. The Pirates fell just short of Mission Vista by a score of 2-1. That's two games in a row now that Oceanside have lost by just one goal.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Vista duked it out with Sage Creek on Tuesday. The Panthers came up short against the Bobcats, falling 5-1. Vista haven't had much luck with Sage Creek recently, as the team has come up short the last nine times they've met.
Oceanside now has a losing record of 5-6-3. As for Vista, their loss dropped their record down to 4-8-1.
Everything went Oceanside's way against Vista in their previous meeting two weeks ago, as Oceanside made off with a 6-1 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Pirates since the squad 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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