The Corning Cardinals will take on the Enterprise Hornets at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday. Corning is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.2 goals per game this season.
Corning's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They came out on top against Live Oak by a score of 2-0. Given Corning's advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 191st, while Live Oak are ranked 507th) , the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Ramses Figueroa and Osbaldo Flores scored both of Corning's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 26 goals.
Meanwhile, Enterprise was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They were a single goal away from ending the streak, but they lost a 3-2 heartbreaker at the hands of Foothill. The matchup was a 2-2 toss-up at halftime, but Enterprise couldn't quite close it out.
Corning has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches. That somehow still isn't as good as their 18-3-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only given up one goal over those five contests. As for Enterprise, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-7-6.
Corning got the 'W' in their previous matchup back in December of 2019 against Enterprise by a conclusive 6-1 score. Do the Cardinals have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Hornets turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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