Soccer Preview: Centennial vs. Organ Mountain
The Centennial Hawks will venture away from home to face off against the Organ Mountain Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Centennial is looking to tack on another W to their ten-game streak on the road.
Centennial is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Mexico's top teams: Gadsden, who was ranked ninth in their home state at the time (Centennial was ranked third). Centennial never let Gadsden onto the board and left with a 2-0 win on Thursday. Give the Hawks' defense some credit: that's the team's fourth straight shutout.
Victor Rios was the driving force of Centennial's attack as he scored both of Centennial's goals, bringing his season total up to eight goals.
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 0-0 at halftime, Organ Mountain was not quite Las Cruces' equal in the second half on Thursday. They fell just short of the Bulldawgs by a score of 1-0. Considering the last time the Knights couldn't score was back in August, the team can't take the result too hard.
Centennial's victory bumped their record up to 17-1. As for Organ Mountain, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 11-6-1.
Centennial came up short against Organ Mountain when the teams last played on October 3rd, falling 2-0. Can Centennial avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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