Soccer Preview: Lone Peak vs. Pleasant Grove
The Lone Peak Knights will venture away from home to take on the Pleasant Grove Vikings at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Lone Peak is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.
Lone Peak is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Utah's top teams: Skyridge, who was ranked 20th in their home state at the time (Lone Peak was ranked first). Lone Peak put the hurt on Skyridge with a sharp 3-0 victory on Thursday. Fans of the Knights have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 3+ goal.
They hit Skyridge with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Tessa Carter,
Hannah Heimuli, and
Brooke Hendricks.
Meanwhile, after soaring to seven goals the game before, Pleasant Grove was a bit more limited in their matchup on Thursday. They fell just short of American Fork by a score of 2-1.
Lone Peak pushed their record up to 11-0 with that win, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Pleasant Grove, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-5 record this season.
Lone Peak took their victory against Pleasant Grove in their previous meeting back in August by a conclusive 6-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Lone Peak since the squad 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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