Tennyson entered their match against Bishop O'Dowd on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Tennyson Lancers fell just short of the Bishop O'Dowd Dragons by a score of 2-1. 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 475th, while the Dragons are ranked 210th).
Tennyson's goal came courtesy of Elian Sevilla, who's now up to six this season.
This is the second loss in a row for Tennyson and nudges their season record down to 10-6-3. As for Bishop O'Dowd, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4-3 record this season.
Tennyson will head out to face off against Berkeley at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Berkeley knows how to get goals on the board -- the squad has finished with four goals or more in their past three games -- so hopefully Tennyson likes a good challenge. As for Bishop O'Dowd, they will be playing at home against Encinal at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Bishop O'Dowd is facing Encinal at the right time seeing as Encinal is stuck on a 12-game losing streak.
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