Soccer Preview: Juab vs. Manti
Juab is on a five-game streak of home wins, while Manti is on a six-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Juab Wasps will take on the Manti Templars at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
If Manti heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Juab took over last week. Juab narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Delta 2-1.
Juab was led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Zach Saez and
Nixon Curtis, who scored both of Juab's goals. The pair have combined for a total of 15 so far this season.
Meanwhile, Manti stacked an eighth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Friday. Their defense stepped up to hand Canyon View a 3-0 shutout. Given Manti's advantage in MaxPreps' Utah soccer rankings (they are ranked eighth, while Canyon View is ranked 75th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Juab has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4 record this season. As for Manti, their win bumped their record up to 12-0.
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