The Sanger Apaches will head out on the road to square off against the San Luis Obispo Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Sanger will be looking to extend their current five-game winning streak.
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Sanger had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Bears a 2-0 shutout. Two seems to be a good number for Sanger as the team scooped up a win with the same number of goals in their previous game.
Kaylynn Foltz was the driving force of Sanger's attack as she scored both of Sanger's goals. With that big game, she's now up to seven goals this season.
Meanwhile, San Luis Obispo has not lost a match since December 12, 2023, a trend which continued in their latest game on Thursday. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Atascadero. Given San Luis Obispo's advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 62nd, while Atascadero is ranked 287th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Sanger pushed their record up to 18-3-2 with that victory, which was their sixth straight at home. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 17 goals over those six games. As for San Luis Obispo, their win bumped their record up to 14-2-4.
Sanger was able to grind out a solid victory over San Luis Obispo when the teams last played back in February of 2022, winning 2-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Sanger since the squad 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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