The Pitman Pride and the Merced Bears will compete for holiday cheer at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Pitman is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4 goals per game this season.
Pitman's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. Everything went their way against Madera as Pitman made off with a 3-0 victory. The Pride might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five contests by three goals or more this season.
They hit Madera with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Alonso Stephens, Keegan Pires, and Zach Looney.
Meanwhile, for the first time this season, Merced was forced to settle for a draw. Neither they nor Ceres could gain the upper hand on Thursday so the two teams had to settle for a 2-2 draw.
The win made it two in a row for Pitman and bumps their season record up to 7-1. With that draw, Merced's record moves to 1-5-1.
Everything went Pitman's way against Merced in their previous matchup back in December of 2023, as Pitman made off with a 7-1 victory. Does Pitman have another victory up their sleeve, or will Merced turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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