The Monterey Trail Mustangs will challenge the Elk Grove Thundering Herd at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
Having struggled with three losses in a row, Monterey Trail turned things around against Sheldon on Monday. Neither they nor the Huskies could gain the upper hand so the two teams had to settle for a 3-3 draw. There's a chance things could've gone differently had the Mustangs not been charged with a red card from Arianna Ramirez-Cortez.
Monterey Trail hit Sheldon with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Nicole Gonzalez, Annabel Ezeh, and Hailey Yang.
Meanwhile, Elk Grove was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They were a single goal away from ending the streak, but they lost a 2-1 heartbreaker at the hands of Pleasant Grove. While losing is never fun, the Thundering Herd can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 810th, while the Eagles are ranked 125th).
With that draw, Monterey Trail's record moves to 7-6-4. As for Elk Grove, their loss dropped their record down to 0-7-2.
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