Hillcrest and Sunset are an even 3-3 against one another since March of 2017, but likely not for long. The Hillcrest Panthers will welcome the Sunset Bison at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Hillcrest's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They blew past Adamson 9-0. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Panthers considering their one-goal performance the game before.
Their offense was hitting Adamson from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal. Amy Escorza led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, Sunset had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.4 goals) and they went ahead and made it six on Saturday. Everything went their way against the Patriots as they made off with an 8-0 victory. Give the Bison's defense some credit: that's the team's sixth straight shutout.
Sunset's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 6-3. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up zero goals over those three contests. As for Hillcrest, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season.
Hillcrest suffered a grim 5-2 defeat to Sunset when the teams last played back in February of 2024. Will Hillcrest have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more soccer content.
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