Centennial is 8-2 against Las Cruces since October of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Centennial Hawks will host the Las Cruces Bulldawgs at 7:00 p.m. Centennial is coming into the contest hot, having won their last five games.
Centennial is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Mexico's top teams: Organ Mountain, who was ranked 19th in their home state at the time (Centennial was ranked second). Centennial never let Organ Mountain onto the board and left with a 4-0 win on Tuesday. The Hawks might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 11 matchups by three goals or more this season.
They hit Organ Mountain with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Santiago Magana (2),
Victor Rios, and
Evan Kraenzel.
Meanwhile, Las Cruces came up short against Alamogordo on Tuesday, falling 6-1. Things were pretty much settled by the half as the Bulldawgs were already down 4-1.
Centennial's victory was their 11th straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 18-1. As for Las Cruces, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-11.
Centennial skirted past Las Cruces 1-0 when the teams last played two weeks ago. Will Centennial repeat their success, or does Las Cruces have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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