On Saturday Del Norte will have to hit the road after three straight games at home. They will face off against the Arcata Tigers at 1:00 p.m. Del Norte is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.4 goals per game this season.
Del Norte is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of California's top teams: McKinleyville, who was ranked 12th in their home state at the time (Del Norte was ranked second). Neither Del Norte nor McKinleyville could gain the upper hand on Saturday so the two teams had to settle for a 1-1 draw. The result kept the Warriors happy, as they haven't lost a game since September 3rd.
Their goal came courtesy of
Daniel Gomez-Aguilar, which was the first he's scored this season.
Meanwhile, Arcata came tearing into Tuesday's matchup with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.3 goals) and they left with even more momentum. They never let the Loggers onto the board and left with a 5-0 win. The Tigers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight contests by three goals or more this season.
With that draw, Del Norte's record moves to 9-1-1. As for Arcata, they pushed their record up to 10-1-1 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road.
Everything went Del Norte's way against Arcata in their previous meeting back in August, as Del Norte made off with a 5-1 win. In that game, Del Norte amassed a halftime lead of 3-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Saturday.
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