The Scotts Valley Falcons will head out on the road to challenge the Soquel Knights at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Tuesday, Scotts Valley kept a clean sheet against San Lorenzo Valley. They beat the Cougars by the very same score they won with last week: 2-0. The win made it back-to-back wins for Scotts Valley.
Ella Ireland was the driving force of Scotts Valley's attack as she scored both of Scotts Valley's goals. With that big game, she's now up to seven goals this season.
Harbor typically has all the answers at home, but on Tuesday Soquel proved too difficult a challenge. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Pirates 2-1.
Scotts Valley has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 9-6-1 record this season. As for Soquel, their victory bumped their record up to 10-6-1.
Scotts Valley took their win against Soquel when the teams last played back in January by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Scotts 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.
