Santa Maria is 0-8-1 against Lompoc since January of 2015 but things could change on Friday. The Santa Maria Saints will look to defend their home pitch against the Lompoc Braves at 6:00 p.m. The two teams each escaped with close wins against their previous opponents.
Santa Maria's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Pioneer Valley 1-0. Given the Saints' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 127th, while the Panthers are ranked 435th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Lompoc). They skirted past Santa Ynez 3-2. That's two games straight that the Braves have won by just one goal.
Santa Maria has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-1-2 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up three goals over those ten games. As for Lompoc, their victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 3-8-1.
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