The Ripon Christian Knights will venture away from home to square off against the Sonora Wildcats at 5:45 p.m. on Friday. Sonora took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Ripon Christian, who comes in off a win.
Ripon Christian's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They walked away with a 2-0 victory over Orestimba. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Knights.
Brooke Barnes and Naomi Hendricks scored both of Ripon Christian's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 14 goals.
Meanwhile, Sonora entered their contest against Ripon on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Sonora fell 3-1 to Ripon. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 368th, while the Indians are ranked 171st).
Ripon Christian is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4-1 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 13 goals over those five games. As for Sonora, their defeat was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 3-1-1 and their overall record down to 5-2-1.
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