It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Hemet can now relate to. While the 2-2 score might suggest a draw, it was the Lakewood Lancers who were credited with the win on Wednesday. The Lakewood Lancers got it done in the shootout by posting six goals to the Hemet Bulldogs' five. While losing is never fun, Hemet can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 491st, while Lakewood are ranked 151st).
Allan Sosa wasn't going to let Lakewood walk away unscathed as he scored both of Hemet's goals, bringing his season total up to 12 goals.
Hemet's defeat dropped their record down to 9-7-6. As for Lakewood, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 17-8-2.
Hemet does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Lakewood, they will square off against Arroyo at 5:00 p.m. on Friday.
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