The Patterson Tigers will square off against the Manteca Buffaloes at 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Patterson is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.
Patterson's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. Everything went their way against Central Catholic as Patterson made off with an 8-0 victory. The result was nothing new for the Tigers, who have now won seven contests by three goals or more so far this season.
They hit Central Catholic with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Erick Castaneda (4), Andrew Diaz (3), and Mouso Mourtazo.
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 1-1 at halftime, Manteca was not quite Sierra's equal in the second half on Thursday. They fell just short of the Timberwolves by a score of 2-1. While losing is never fun, the Buffaloes can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 1036th, while the Timberwolves are ranked 226th).
Patterson is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-0-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up four goals over those ten matches. As for Manteca, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-16-2.
Patterson took their win against Manteca in their previous meeting back in December of 2024 by a conclusive 5-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Patterson 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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