Soccer Preview: Rifle vs. Vail Mountain
Rifle is 0-5 against Vail Mountain since April of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Rifle Bears will head out on the road to square off against the Vail Mountain Gore Rangers at 4:00 p.m. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Back in March, Rifle's game was all tied up 0-0 at the half, but luckily for them it didn't stay that way. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Vail Christian and snuck past 2-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Rifle.
Dariana Ortega-Torres was the driving force of Rifle's attack as she scored both of Rifle's goals. With that big game she's now up to five goals this season.
Meanwhile, Vail Mountain had just enough and edged Salida out 2-1 on Thursday.
The win got Rifle back to even at 2-2-1. As for Vail Mountain, their victory bumped their record up to 3-1-1.
Rifle suffered a grim 10-0 defeat to Vail Mountain in their previous meeting back in April of 2023. Can Rifle avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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