Preview: Millennium vs. Notre Dame Prep
The Millennium Tigers will head out on the road to challenge the Notre Dame Prep Saints at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Millennium comes in on four and Notre Dame Prep on nine.
Last Wednesday, Millennium faced Sunrise Mountain in a battle between two of the state's top teams. Millennium had just enough and edged Sunrise Mountain out 3-2. Millennium better thank their lucky stars for the performance of Anaiya Miyazato, as she scored every single goal for her team.
Millennium's lineup was just a bit different on Wednesday as Electra Westum got a bit more time on the pitch (80 vs. her season average of 51.25). Westum made the most of the opportunity, putting uptwo assists and four steals. A few more games like that and she might be seeing even more time going forward.
Meanwhile, Notre Dame Prep stacked an 11th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Wednesday. They never let Horizon onto the board and left with a 7-0 win. Given Notre Dame Prep's advantage in MaxPreps' Arizona soccer rankings (they are ranked fourth, while Horizon is ranked 51st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Millennium has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-3-1 record this season. As for Notre Dame Prep, they pushed their record up to 14-4-1 with that victory, which was their eighth straight at home.
Millennium might still be hurting after the 8-0 defeat they got from Notre Dame Prep when the teams last played back in January. Can Millennium avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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