The West Park Panthers will take on the Cordova Lancers at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (West Park has seven straight victories, Cordova has six straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
West Park's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They blew past Kennedy 3-0. Considering the Panthers have won eight matchups by more than two goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
They hit Kennedy with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Bella Madigan, Emily Grilione, and Melina Mantell.
Meanwhile, Cordova managed to keep up with Antelope until halftime on Tuesday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Cordova lost 5-1 to Antelope. While losing is never fun, the Lancers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 857th, while the Titans are ranked 410th).
West Park is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-1-1 record this season. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up one goal over those ten games. As for Cordova, their loss dropped their record down to 3-13.
West Park took their win against Cordova in their previous meeting back in January by a conclusive 9-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for West Park 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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