Soccer Game Preview: Murray vs. Tooele

By Team Reports Apr 21, 2024, 9:35am

Soccer Preview: Murray vs. Tooele

The Murray Spartans will be playing in front of their home fans against the Tooele Buffaloes at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Murray is coming into the contest hot, having won their last five games.

Last Friday, it was close, but Murray sidestepped Stansbury for a 3-2 win. Given Murray's advantage in MaxPreps' Utah soccer rankings (they are ranked 12th, while Stansbury is ranked 102nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Murray hit Stansbury with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Abdulmalik Shaher, Carlos Nieto-Rosales, and Preston Lawson.

Meanwhile, Tooele beat Hillcrest 3-1 on Wednesday.

Murray's victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-1. As for Tooele, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season.

Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps