Soccer Preview: Volcano Vista vs. Cibola
Volcano Vista is 10-0 against Cibola since October of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Volcano Vista Hawks will take on the Cibola Cougars at 4:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Volcano Vista has three straight wins, Cibola has seven straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
Volcano Vista is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Mexico's top teams: Cleveland, who was ranked 15th in their home state at the time (Volcano Vista was ranked 11th). Volcano Vista blew past Cleveland 3-0 on Saturday. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Hawks were the better team in the second half.
Jovany Orona and
Sebastian Toquinto scored all three of Volcano Vista's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 18 goals.
Meanwhile, Cibola came up short against Farmington on Saturday, falling 4-1.
Volcano Vista is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a massive bump to their 7-5-2 record this season. As for Cibola, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-11.
Everything went Volcano Vista's way against Cibola in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, as Volcano Vista made off with a 6-1 victory. Will Volcano Vista repeat their success, or does Cibola have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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