The Tempe Prep Knights will venture away from home to face off against the Arete Prep CHARGERS at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Tempe Prep is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.2 goals per game this season.
Tempe Prep is coming into the matchup fresh off a high-scoring shootout with St. John Paul II Catholic that saw the pair combine for 17 shots on goal. Tempe Prep skirted past St. John Paul II Catholic 3-2. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Knights.
Delanie Richardson and Madison Genova scored all three of Tempe Prep's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 27 goals.
Meanwhile, Arete Prep had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5 goals) and they went ahead and made it three last Saturday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Falcons a 6-0 shutout. Considering the CHARGERS have won seven games by more than three goals this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Arete Prep's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-6-1. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 20 goals over those three contests. As for Tempe Prep, their win bumped their record up to 12-4.
Tempe Prep suffered a grim 5-1 defeat to Arete Prep when the teams last played back in January. Can Tempe Prep avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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