The Del Norte Warriors are taking a road trip to challenge the Fortuna Huskies at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Del Norte is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.4 goals per game this season.
Last Tuesday, Del Norte beat Eureka 3-1. Given the Warriors' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked fourth, while the Loggers are ranked 29th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Del Norte hit Eureka with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Brandt Pennington,
Mario Ledezma, and
Giovanni Alvarado-Lopez.
Meanwhile, after failing to score in their last match, Fortuna made sure to put some goals up on the board against South Fork on Tuesday. They never let the Cubs onto the board and left with an 8-0 victory. The Huskies might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven contests by three goals or more this season.
The win made it two in a row for Del Norte and bumps their season record up to 11-2-1. As for Fortuna, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-4 record this season.
Del Norte skirted past Fortuna 1-0 in their previous matchup back in September. The rematch might be a little tougher for Del Norte since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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