Soccer Preview: Elko vs. Spring Creek
Elko has gone 8-1-1 against Spring Creek recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Elko Indians will venture away from home to face off against the Spring Creek Spartans at 2:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Spring Creek is hoping to do what White Pine couldn't on Saturday: put an end to Elko's winning streak, which now stands at 13 games. Elko never let White Pine onto the board and left with a 4-0 win. Four seems to be a good number for the Indians as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of goals in their previous game.
Meanwhile, Spring Creek had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6 goals) and they went ahead and made it five on Saturday. They blew past the Wolverines 6-0. The Spartans' defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last five games.
Their offense was hitting West Wendover from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Norman House led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Elko's win was their ninth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 18-2-1. As for Spring Creek, they are on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 13 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 19-4-2 record this season.
Elko beat Spring Creek by a goal in their previous meeting back in September, winning 1-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Elko since the team 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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