The Walnut Mustangs will venture away from home to challenge the Diamond Bar Brahmas at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Neither squad made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Walnut's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Bonita 1-0. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Mustangs were the better team in the second half.
Their one-goal win came courtesy of Ellie Lopez, who's now up to 12 this season.
Meanwhile, Diamond Bar was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They lost 8-0 to Ayala. While losing is never fun, the Brahmas can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 663rd, while the Bulldogs are ranked 99th).
The victory made it two in a row for Walnut and bumps their season record up to 12-8-1. As for Diamond Bar, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-14.
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