The Farmington Scorpions will face off against the Cleveland Storm at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Farmington is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Mexico's top teams: Rio Rancho, who was ranked 16th in their home state at the time (Farmington was ranked 14th). Farmington's defense stepped up to hand Rio Rancho a 3-0 shutout on Saturday. The result was nothing new for the Scorpions, who have now won six matchups by three goals or more so far this season.
Jenna Elledge and
Eliza Palmer scored all three of Farmington's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 19 goals.
Meanwhile, Cleveland's game on Saturday was all tied up 0-0 at the half, but luckily for them it didn't stay that way. They walked away with a 2-0 victory over Cibola. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Storm.
Farmington's win bumped their record up to 10-6-1. As for Cleveland, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-7 record this season.
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