The Merced Bears will face off against the Los Banos Tigers at 5:15 p.m. on Friday. Merced will be strutting in after a victory while Los Banos will be coming in after a loss.
Merced will head into Wednesday's game after some sweet revenge against El Capitan: Merced made up a huge gap compared to their last game against El Capitan, but still couldn't quite topple them. Merced never let El Capitan onto the board and left with a 3-0 win on Wednesday. The score was close at the half, but the Bears pulled away in the second half with two goals.
Meanwhile, Los Banos was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They lost 4-0 to Golden Valley. That's two games in a row now that the Tigers have lost by exactly four goals.
Merced's victory ended a five-game drought at home and bumped them up to 4-8. As for Los Banos, their loss dropped their record down to 1-6-1.
Merced skirted past Los Banos 2-1 in their previous meeting two weeks ago. Will Merced repeat their success, or does Los Banos have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
