Hoover is 0-10 against Mission Bay since February of 2015 but things could change on Monday. The Hoover Cardinals will head out on the road to challenge the Mission Bay Buccaneers at 6:00 p.m. Hoover is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.9 goals per game this season.
If Mission Bay heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Hoover took over last week. Hoover put the hurt on Mar Vista with a sharp 5-2 victory on Wednesday. The result was nothing new for the Cardinals, who have now won four games by three goals or more so far this season.
They hit Mar Vista with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Aceana Jenkins (3), Yaretzi Caro, and Annabel Medina.
Meanwhile, Mission Bay had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.5 goals) and they went ahead and made it three on Wednesday. They never let the Sultans onto the board and left with a 3-0 win. Give the Buccaneers' defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Mission Bay's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 3-0. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up zero goals over those three matchups. As for Hoover, the win got them back to even at 5-5-2.
Hoover might still be hurting after the 7-0 loss they got from Mission Bay when the teams last played back in January. Can Hoover avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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