Soccer Preview: Manti vs. Ogden
The Manti Templars will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against the Ogden Tigers at 3:00 p.m. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Manti is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. Their defense stepped up to hand Juab a 3-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for Manti, who have now won 11 matches by three goals or more so far this season.
They hit Juab with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Corbin Henry,
Kyle Steinfeldt, and
Luke Summers.
Meanwhile, Ogden had already won seven in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.9 goals), and they went ahead and made it eight on Thursday. They had just enough and edged the Trojans out 1-0. Give Ogden's defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Manti's victory bumped their record up to 17-0. As for Ogden, they are on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-3 record this season.
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