The Belmont Sentinels will venture away from home to challenge the Bernstein Dragons at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Belmont's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for eight straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Belmont fell victim to Roybal and their airtight defense on Wednesday. They came up short against the Titans, falling 8-0. While losing is never fun, the Sentinels can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 1081st, while the Titans are ranked 404th).
Meanwhile, Bernstein kept a clean sheet against Robert F. Kennedy Community on Wednesday. They won by a goal and slipped past the Bobcats 1-0. Odalis Rivera had the honor of scoring the game-winner for the Dragons.
Katelyn Tejeda, who's played more minutes than anyone else on the Bernstein squad sat out for Wednesday's game. With Tejeda sidelined, Rivera got her first action of the season. Rivera made the most of the opportunity, scoring a goal A few more games like that and she might be seeing even more time going forward.
Bernstein is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 7-7-1 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 19 goals over those five contests. As for Belmont, their loss dropped their record down to 1-9.
Belmont suffered a grim 8-0 defeat to Bernstein when the teams last played back in January of 2024. Can Belmont avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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