Soccer Preview: Hope Christian vs. Eldorado
The Hope Christian Huskies will stay at home for another game and welcome the Eldorado Golden Eagles at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both have allowed few goals on average, (Hope Christian: 0.2, Eldorado: 0.4) so any goals scored will be well earned.
Hope Christian is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Mexico's top teams: Volcano Vista, who was ranked eighth in their home state at the time (Hope Christian was ranked first). Hope Christian never let Volcano Vista onto the board and left with a 2-0 win on Tuesday. Nikki Dountas had the honor of scoring the game-winner for the Huskies.
Something new happened on Tuesday as Mason Ricker saw her first action of the season, playing 40 minutes against Volcano Vista. Ricker made the most of the opportunity, scoring a goal. A few more games like that and she might be seeing even more time going forward.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Eldorado). Everything went their way against West Mesa on Thursday as Eldorado made off with a 12-0 victory. The Golden Eagles might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four contests by three goals or more this season.
Hope Christian's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-0. As for Eldorado, their victory bumped their record up to 5-1-1.
Hope Christian skirted past Eldorado 1-0 when the teams last played two weeks ago. Does Hope Christian have another victory up their sleeve, or will Eldorado turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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