The San Jacinto Tigers will venture away from home to take on the Hemet Bulldogs at 3:45 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (San Jacinto has three straight victories, Hemet has six straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
San Jacinto's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. Everything went their way against Mark Keppel as San Jacinto made off with a 6-0 win. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 487th, while the Aztecs are ranked 1039th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Hemet came up short against Valley View on Tuesday and fell 3-1.
Hemet's loss dropped their record down to 2-10. As for San Jacinto, their victory bumped their record up to 7-5-2.
San Jacinto beat Hemet by a goal when the teams last played back in November of 2022, winning 1-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for San Jacinto since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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