Soccer Preview: Spring Creek vs. Elko
The Spring Creek Spartans's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Elko Indians at 4:45 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Spring Creek will roll into the matchup after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal on Friday, then bounced right back against Dayton on Saturday. Spring Creek put the hurt on Dayton with a sharp 5-1 win. The result was nothing new for the Spartans, who have now won six games by four goals or more so far this season.
They hit Dayton with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Aly Clarke (2),
Justine McDermott,
Isabel Zubiria, and Zubiria.
Meanwhile, Elko waltzed into their contest on Saturday with three straight wins... but they left with four. Their defense stepped up to hand the Vaqueros a 2-0 shutout. Give the Indians' defense some credit: that's the team's fourth straight shutout.
Spring Creek is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a massive bump to their 7-8 record this season. As for Elko, their victory was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-6.
Spring Creek might still be hurting after the 5-1 loss they got from Elko when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can Spring Creek avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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