The Fall River Bulldogs will square off against the Tulelake Honkers at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Fall River is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. Their defense stepped up to hand Quincy a 3-0 shutout. The Bulldogs' defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last four games.
Ulisses Alvarez and
Fabian Alvarez scored all three of Fall River's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 29 goals.
Meanwhile, Tulelake had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6 goals) and they went ahead and made it seven on Thursday. They were the clear victor by a 5-2 margin over the Cougars. That's two games straight that the Honkers have won by exactly three goals.
Fall River has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 18-3 record this season. As for Tulelake, their win bumped their record up to 19-4.
Fall River beat Tulelake by a goal in their previous meeting on October 3rd, winning 2-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Fall River since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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