Mission Hills and San Marcos are an even 3-3-4 against one another since January of 2020, but likely not for long. The Mission Hills Grizzlies will be playing in front of their home fans against the San Marcos Knights at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Neither squad made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Mission Hills is likely headed into the game with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Westview on Thursday. Mission Hills fell 2-0 to Westview. The loss was a bit of a surprise, as the Grizzlies came into the matchup with a sizable advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 35th, while the Wolverines are ranked 93rd).
Mission Hills was without their leading scorer, Amanda Anders, in Thursday's contest. With Anders sidelined, Mission Hills had to make some changes to the lineup. Olivia Goodyear played for 42 minutes having averaged 18.2 this season and Emma Arce got 80 vs. an average of 53.9.
Meanwhile, San Marcos came tearing into Thursday's game with four straight wins and they left with even more momentum. They never let the Titans onto the board and left with a 1-0 win. Ava Paolini had the honor of scoring the game-winner for the Knights.
Having lost for the first time this season, Mission Hills fell to 12-1-3. As for San Marcos, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-3-1 record this season.
Mission Hills beat San Marcos by a goal in their previous meeting back in January, winning 1-0. Does Mission Hills have another victory up their sleeve, or will San Marcos turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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