The Pioneer Valley Panthers will square off against the Arroyo Grande Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Pioneer Valley's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They came out on top against Paso Robles by a score of 2-0. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 144th, while the Bearcats are ranked 497th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Arroyo Grande waltzed into their game on Monday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They had just enough and edged the Tigers out 1-0.
Arroyo Grande pushed their record up to 13-6-1 with the victory, which was their sixth straight on the road. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up two goals over those six contests. As for Pioneer Valley, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 13-4-2.
Pioneer Valley beat Arroyo Grande 3-1 in their previous matchup back in January. Will Pioneer Valley repeat their success, or does Arroyo Grande have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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