It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Santa Maria can now relate to. They fell just short of the Golden Valley Bulldogs by a score of 2-1 on Saturday. While losing is never fun, the Saints can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 542nd, while the Bulldogs are ranked 220th).
Santa Maria's defeat was their sixth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 7-10. As for Golden Valley, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-5 record this season.
Santa Maria does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Golden Valley, they will square off against San Luis Obispo at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Golden Valley is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.6 goals per game this season.
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