The Santa Maria Saints will venture away from home to challenge the Cabrillo Conquistadores at 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Santa Maria's defense has only allowed 0.4 goals per game this season, so Cabrillo's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Santa Maria will bounce into Tuesday's match after beating Lompoc, who they had gone 0-8-1 against in their nine prior meetings. Santa Maria came out on top against Lompoc by a score of 2-0 on Friday. Given the Saints' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 142nd, while the Braves are ranked 790th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, after soaring to four goals the game before, Cabrillo was a bit more limited in their contest on Friday. They fell 3-1 to Santa Ynez.
Santa Maria has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-1-2 record this season. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up three goals over those 11 matchups. As for Cabrillo, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-6.
Santa Maria came out on top in a nail-biter against Cabrillo when the teams last played back in February of 2024, sneaking past 1-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Santa Maria 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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