The Thousand Oaks Lancers will venture away from home to square off against the Santa Barbara Dons at 5:45 p.m. on Friday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Thousand Oaks' tournament run continued when they took on El Camino Real on Friday. Thousand Oaks fell just short of El Camino Real by a score of 3-2. While losing is never fun, the Lancers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 94th, while the Royals are ranked fifth).
Meanwhile, Santa Barbara was not able to break out of their rough patch last Monday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat. They lost 3-0 to Leuzinger.
Thousand Oaks' loss dropped their record down to 4-4-1. As for Santa Barbara, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-8-1.
Thousand Oaks beat Santa Barbara 3-1 in their previous matchup back in January. The rematch might be a little tougher for Thousand Oaks 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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