The St. Joseph Knights will head out on the road to take on the Morro Bay Pirates at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
St. Joseph barely beat Atascadero the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Knights were the clear victors by an 8-2 margin over the Greyhounds on Friday. With St. Joseph ahead 5-2 at the half, the contest was all but over already.
Their offense was hitting Atascadero from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal. Brooklyn Hageman led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Morro Bay, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Tuesday. Their defense stepped up to hand Nipomo a 7-0 shutout on Friday. Morro Bay have beaten Nipomo the last three times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest Nipomo has come to flipping the script.
St. Joseph's win bumped their record up to 9-1. As for Morro Bay, their victory bumped their record up to 4-5-1.
Everything went St. Joseph's way against Morro Bay when the teams last played back in December of 2023, as St. Joseph made off with a 4-0 win. Do the Knights have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Pirates turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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