Soccer Preview: Rifle vs. Aurora West College Prep Academy
The Rifle Bears have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Aurora West College Prep Academy Spartans at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Rifle is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.9 goals per game this season.
Rifle is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They came out on top against DSST: Conservatory Green by a score of 3-1. Given the Bears' advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado soccer rankings (they are ranked 31st, while the Hornets are ranked 133rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Yahir Marquez and
Eduardo Espino scored all three of Rifle's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 30 goals.
Meanwhile, Aurora West College Prep Academy and Pagosa Springs met for a duel on Wednesday where Aurora West College Prep Academy prevailed. Aurora West College Prep Academy's defense stepped up to hand Pagosa Springs a 1-0 shutout. The Spartans' defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last three contests.
Rifle is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-2-1 record this season. As for Aurora West College Prep Academy, they pushed their record up to 10-2-3 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home.
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