Soccer Preview: Las Cruces vs. Gadsden
After three games on the road, Las Cruces is heading back home. They will welcome the Gadsden Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Las Cruces is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.9 goals per game this season.
Las Cruces is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Mexico's top teams: Mayfield, who was ranked fifth in their home state at the time (Las Cruces was ranked fourth). Las Cruces never let Mayfield onto the board and left with a 3-0 win on Thursday. Considering the Bulldawgs have won nine contests by more than two goals this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Mia Barela was the driving force of Las Cruces' attack as she scored all three of Las Cruces' goals, bringing her season total up to 20 goals.
Meanwhile, after soaring to six goals the game before, Gadsden was a bit more limited in their game on Thursday. They fell 2-0 to Organ Mountain. The Panthers have struggled against the Knights recently, as their game on Thursday was their fourth consecutive lost matchup.
Las Cruces pushed their record up to 13-2 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Gadsden, their loss dropped their record down to 9-7.
Everything went Las Cruces' way against Gadsden in their previous meeting back in September, as Las Cruces made off with an 8-0 win. Will Las Cruces repeat their success, or does Gadsden have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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