The St. Joseph Knights will head out on the road to challenge the Atascadero Greyhounds at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. St. Joseph is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.5 goals per game this season.
St. Joseph is headed into the contest having not lost since December 21 and will look to keep things rolling. Their defense stepped up to hand Paso Robles a 4-0 shutout on Friday. Given the Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 134th, while the Bearcats are ranked 321st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
St. Joseph hit Paso Robles with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Gabriella Dominguez, Elizabeth Vega, Brooklyn Hageman, and Marissa Jordan.
Meanwhile, Atascadero didn't have quite enough to beat San Luis Obispo on Friday and fell 3-2. The Greyhounds haven't had much luck with the Tigers recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.
St. Joseph's victory bumped their record up to 10-4-2. As for Atascadero, they now have a losing record at 6-7-5.
Everything went St. Joseph's way against Atascadero when the teams last played on January 10th, as St. Joseph made off with a 4-1 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for St. Joseph 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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