Soccer Preview: Hope Christian vs. Del Norte
Hope Christian is 10-0 against Del Norte since October of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Hope Christian Huskies will host the Del Norte Knights at 4:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Hope Christian has 13 straight victories, Del Norte has 11 straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
Hope Christian is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Mexico's top teams: Sandia, who was ranked 24th in their home state at the time (Hope Christian was ranked first). Hope Christian never let Sandia onto the board and left with a 4-0 win on Thursday. Give the Huskies' defense some credit: that's the team's seventh straight shutout.
They hit Sandia with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Brooklyn Fankam (2),
Islah Stansfield, and
Hailey Sanchez.
Meanwhile, Del Norte and Valley met for a duel on Thursday where Del Norte couldn't get it done. Del Norte came up short against Valley, falling 9-0.
Hope Christian's victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 13-0. As for Del Norte, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-11-1.
Everything went Hope Christian's way against Del Norte in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, as Hope Christian made off with a 10-0 win. Will Hope Christian repeat their success, or does Del Norte have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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