Richmond is 1-8 against Saint Mary since December of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Richmond Oilers will face off against the Saint Mary's Panthers at 3:30 p.m.
Richmond is headed into Thursday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their sixth straight game on Wednesday. They came up short against Albany, falling 4-0. While losing is never fun, the Oilers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 809th, while the Cougars are ranked 363rd).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Saint Mary's). Their defense stepped up to hand Bethel a 12-0 shutout on Tuesday. The result was nothing new for the Panthers, who have now won three contests by four goals or more so far this season.
Their offense was hitting Bethel from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal. Mae Goldman led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for four goals all by herself.
Saint Mary's is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2-1 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 17 goals over those four games. As for Richmond, their loss dropped their record down to 2-6-1.
Richmond suffered a grim 5-0 defeat to Saint Mary's when the teams last played back in December of 2024. Can Richmond avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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