Saint Joseph kept a clean sheet against La Salle on Saturday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the La Salle Lancers 1-0. Given the Jesters' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 39th, while the Lancers are ranked 380th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Saint Joseph is also on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-1-2 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up two goals over those seven games. As for La Salle, they dropped their record down to 4-9-2 with the loss, which was their third straight at home.
Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Saint Joseph has already played their next contest (against Bishop Amat), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. La Salle will look to defend their home pitch on Tuesday against St. Genevieve at 5:00 p.m. St. Genevieve will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more goals each match than the last.
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