The Rio Mesa Spartans are taking a road trip to challenge the Santa Barbara Dons at 6:45 p.m. on Monday. Neither squad made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Thursday just wasn't the day for Rio Mesa's offense. They fell just short of Oxnard by a score of 1-0 on Thursday. Rio Mesa haven't had much luck with Oxnard recently, as the team has come up short the last seven times they've met.
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 1-1 at halftime, Santa Barbara was not quite Ventura's equal in the second half on Thursday. They fell just short of the Cougars by a score of 2-1. While losing is never fun, Santa Barbara can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 554th, while Ventura are ranked 200th).
Rio Mesa now has a losing record of 6-7-3. As for Santa Barbara, they now have a losing record of 5-6-1.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
