Soccer Preview: Lovington vs. Artesia
Lovington is 8-2 against Artesia since March of 2021, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Lovington Wildcats will challenge the Artesia Bulldogs at 6:00 p.m. Lovington is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.4 goals per game this season.
Lovington is likely headed into the matchup with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Roswell on Tuesday. Lovington fell just short of Roswell by a score of 3-2.
Payton Hernandez and
Dylan Gallegos scored both of Lovington's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 21 goals.
Meanwhile, Artesia had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4 goals) and they went ahead and made it seven on Saturday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Tigers a 10-0 shutout. The Bulldogs might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six contests by three goals or more this season.
Lovington's loss dropped their record down to 5-7. As for Artesia, their victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 9-2.
Lovington took their win against Artesia in their previous meeting back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 4-0. Does Lovington have another victory up their sleeve, or will Artesia turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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