It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but the Ukiah Wildcats had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Cougars a 2-0 shutout. Given Ukiah's advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 171st, while Albany is ranked 647th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Ukiah has been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-3-4 record this season. As for Albany, their loss dropped their record down to 8-4-4.
Ukiah will play host again and welcome Acalanes, where kickoff is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Albany does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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