The St. Lucy's Regents will challenge the Upland Highlanders/Scots at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Neither squad made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
St. Lucy's will head out to face Upland after giving up their first home loss of the season on Friday. St. Lucy's took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Etiwanda. While losing is never fun, the Regents can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 128th, while the Eagles are ranked 25th).
Meanwhile, Upland was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They fell 2-0 to Rancho Cucamonga. That's two games in a row now that the Highlanders/Scots have lost by exactly two goals.
Upland's defeat dropped their record down to 8-7-1. As for St. Lucy's, their loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 10-4-4.
St. Lucy's skirted past Upland 1-0 when the teams last played on January 10th. The rematch might be a little tougher for St. Lucy's since the team 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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