The Oakdale Mustangs are taking a road trip to challenge the East Union Lancers at 6:15 p.m. on Monday. Oakdale is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.9 goals per game this season.
East Union better have a healthy lead at halftime, because if last week is any indication, that's when Oakdale really get things going. Oakdale's defense stepped up to hand Mountain House a 3-0 shutout on Wednesday. Given Oakdale's advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 300th, while Mountain House is ranked 805th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Oakdale hit Mountain House with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Kaia Cox, Dakota Burford, and Kyleigh Melconian.
Meanwhile, East Union had just enough and edged Manteca out 1-0 on Wednesday. That's two games straight that the Lancers have won by just one goal.
Oakdale is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a massive bump to their 14-9-1 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 19 goals over those seven matches. As for East Union, their victory ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 11-10-2.
Oakdale took their win against East Union in their previous meeting back in January by a conclusive 4-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Oakdale 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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