The Pioneer Valley Panthers will face off against the Righetti Warriors at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Pioneer Valley sitting on four straight victories and Righetti on three.
Pioneer Valley's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. Everything went their way against Santa Maria as Pioneer Valley made off with a 4-0 win. Considering the Panthers have won six contests by more than two goals this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, Righetti hadn't done well against San Luis Obispo recently (they were 1-7-1 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. Righetti walked away with a 2-0 victory over San Luis Obispo. Given the Warriors' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 92nd, while the Tigers are ranked 411th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Nery Saguilan and Andres Gonzales scored both of Righetti's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 19 goals.
Righetti is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-1-3 record this season. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up two goals over those eight matches. As for Pioneer Valley, they pushed their record up to 9-2-1 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home.
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