Soccer Preview: Spring Creek vs. Elko
The Spring Creek Spartans will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Elko Indians at 4:45 p.m. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Spring Creek will roll into the match after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal on Friday, then bounced right back against Dayton on Saturday. Spring Creek blew past Dayton 5-1. Considering the Spartans have won six contests by more than three goals this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
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 matchup on Saturday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They never let the Vaqueros onto the board and left with a 2-0 victory. The Indians' defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last four games.
Spring Creek is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 7-8 record this season. As for Elko, their win was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-6.
Spring Creek suffered a grim 5-1 defeat to 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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