The Granite Bay Grizzlies will square off against the Rocklin Thunder at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Granite Bay extended their postseason success on Wednesday against Woodcreek. Their defense stepped up to hand the Timberwolves a 2-0 shutout. The win was all the more spectacular given Granite Bay's disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 137th, while Woodcreek is ranked 31st).
Granite Bay was led to victory by the tag-team duo of
C Krouse and
R Gotchall, who scored both of Granite Bay's goals. The pair have combined for a total of eight so far this season.
Meanwhile, Rocklin beat Pitman 2-0 on Wednesday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Rocklin.
Granite Bay has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-5-5 record this season. As for Rocklin, their victory bumped their record up to 11-4-5.
Granite Bay came up short against Rocklin in their previous matchup back in January, falling 2-0. Can Granite Bay avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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