The Rio Mesa Spartans and the San Marcos Royals will compete for holiday cheer at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Rio Mesa's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for five straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Rio Mesa fell victim to Buena and their airtight defense on Thursday. They lost 5-0 to the Bulldogs.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask San Marcos). Everything went their way against Santa Paula on Friday as San Marcos made off with a 6-2 win. The score was all tied up 2-2 at the break, but the Royals were the better team in the second half.
Rio Mesa's defeat dropped their record down to 0-4-1. As for San Marcos, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 4-1.
Rio Mesa took their win against San Marcos when the teams last played back in January by a conclusive 3-0. Does Rio Mesa have another victory up their sleeve, or will San Marcos turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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