The Branham Bruins are taking a road trip to take on the Westmont Warriors at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
Branham is likely headed into the contest with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Mt. Pleasant on Friday. Branham fell just short of Mt. Pleasant by a score of 1-0. While losing is never fun, the Bruins can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 574th, while the Cardinals are ranked 204th).
Meanwhile, Westmont had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3 goals) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Rams a 2-0 shutout.
Westmont is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-2 record this season. As for Branham, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-6-1.
Branham came up short against Westmont when the teams last played back in February of 2024, falling 2-0. Can Branham avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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