The St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy Warriors are on the road again on Thursday and plays the Maranatha Minutemen at 5:00 p.m. on February 29th. The two teams each escaped with close wins against their previous opponents.
St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy had already proven themselves in the regular season, and didn't miss a beat now that it's playoff time. Their defense stepped up to hand New West Charter a 1-0 shutout on Tuesday. Given St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy's advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 170th, while New West Charter is ranked 439th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Maranatha waltzed into their match on Tuesday with ten straight wins but they left with 11. They had just enough and edged Woodlake out 2-1. That's two games straight that Maranatha has won by exactly one goal.
St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy is on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 16 games, which provided a nice bump to their 20-4 record this season. As for Maranatha, they pushed their record up to 18-6-3 with that win, which was their seventh straight at home.
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