It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but the Homestead Mustangs had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. They never let the Panthers onto the board and left with a 4-0 victory. Give Homestead's defense some credit: that's the team's fourth straight shutout.
They hit Chico with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Saara Lahtela (2),
Grace McGoran, and
Jamie Nguyen.
Chico was without their leading scorer, Juliana Carranza, in Tuesday's match. With Carranza sitting this one out, Natalia Montenegro got some extra time on the pitch (80 vs. her season average of 53.3333333333333).
Homestead has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 15-5-2 record this season. As for Chico, their loss ended an 11-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 17-2-1.
Homestead is on the road again on Thursday and plays St. Francis at 5:00 p.m. on February 29th. St. Francis is on a four-game streak of home wins, Homestead a three-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the pitch. Chico does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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