The Central Valley Hawks will square off against the Johansen Vikings at 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Central Valley is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.9 goals per game this season.
Central Valley took a loss when they played away from home on Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. Their defense stepped up to hand Livingston a 9-0 shutout. It was an even better day for Aaralyn Jauregui as she scored three goals for her team.
Meanwhile, Johansen narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Lathrop 2-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Vikings.
Central Valley's victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 17-2-1. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up zero goals over those six matches. As for Johansen, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-5-3 record this season.
Central Valley was able to grind out a solid win over Johansen in their previous matchup back in January, winning 2-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Central Valley since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
