Soccer Preview: Sandia vs. La Cueva
Sandia is 2-8 against La Cueva since March of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The Sandia Matadors will be playing in front of their home fans against the La Cueva Bears at 9:00 a.m.
Sandia is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Mexico's top teams: Santa Fe, who was ranked 16th in their home state at the time (Sandia was ranked 23rd). Sandia fell 4-2 to Santa Fe on Wednesday. The Matadors have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, La Cueva entered their tilt with Manzano on Wednesday with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. Their defense stepped up to hand the Monarchs a 7-0 shutout. It was an even better day for Connor Hanks as he scored three goals for his team.
Sandia's loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-8-1. As for La Cueva, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-1-2 record this season.
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