The Golden Valley Cougars will head out to take on the Merced Bears at 5:15 p.m. on Wednesday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Golden Valley is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They put the hurt on Buhach Colony with a sharp 7-3 win on Friday. The high-scoring effort was just what the Cougars needed considering they were shutout in their previous match.
Meanwhile, Merced came tearing into Friday's game with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3 goals) and they left with even more momentum. They won by a goal and slipped past the Tigers 3-2. Santiago Santiago-Hernandez had to tread lightly for part of the match after he was hit with a yellow card, but that was the only trouble the Bears got from the refs.
Raymond Gonzalez and Geovani Valencia scored all three of Merced's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 19 goals.
Merced is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a massive bump to their 9-6-2 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 30 goals over those nine matchups. As for Golden Valley, their victory bumped their record up to 6-3-2.
Golden Valley came out on top in a nail-biter against Merced in their previous matchup on January 10th, sneaking past 3-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for Golden Valley 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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