The Kennedy Golden Cougars will square off against the Marshall Barristers at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Kennedy is headed into the match having not lost since January 16 and will look to keep things rolling. Their defense stepped up to hand Canoga Park a 3-0 shutout on Friday. Given Kennedy's advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 280th, while Canoga Park are ranked 577th) , the win wasn't entirely unexpected.
Kennedy hit Canoga Park with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Francesca Lozano, Hailey Acevedo, and Maya Magallanes.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Marshall had no problem doing just that on Wednesday. Everything went their way against the Wolverines as they made off with a 10-0 victory. Winning may never get old, but Marshall sure are getting used to it with their third in a row.
Marshall's win bumped their record up to 11-5-3. As for Kennedy, their victory bumped their record up to 14-4-3.
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