The Murrieta Mesa Rams and the Granite Hills Cougars will round out the year against one another at at 9:50 a.m. on Friday. Murrieta Mesa's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for three straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Murrieta Mesa's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They skirted past Orange Vista 1-0. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Rams were the better team in the second half.
Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, Granite Hills' good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. They came up short against Apple Valley, falling 4-1. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 187th, while the Sun Devils are ranked fifth).
Granite Hills' goal came courtesy of Lianna Tsabur, who's now up to 14 this season.
Granite Hills' defeat dropped their record down to 4-2. As for Murrieta Mesa, their win (their first of the season) made their record 1-2.
Murrieta Mesa was able to grind out a solid victory over Granite Hills in their previous meeting back in December of 2019, winning 2-0. Will Murrieta Mesa repeat their success, or does Granite Hills have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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