Soccer Preview: Desert Pines vs. Liberty
The Desert Pines Jaguars will venture away from home to take on the Liberty Patriots at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Desert Pines is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. Everything went their way against Shadow Ridge as Desert Pines made off with a 4-1 victory. Julian Garcia had the honor of scoring the game-winner for the Jaguars.
Meanwhile, Liberty came tearing into Thursday's game with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.6 goals) and they left with even more momentum. Their defense stepped up to hand the Rattlers an 8-0 shutout. Given the Patriots' advantage in MaxPreps' Nevada soccer rankings (they are ranked fourth, while the Rattlers are ranked 61st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Desert Pines pushed their record up to 11-3-1 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Liberty, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 15 of their last 16 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 20-2 record this season.
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