The Santa Fe Demons are on the road again on Friday to play the Sandia Prep Sundevils at 2:00 p.m. Santa Fe's last four matches have been decided by no more than a goal, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
Santa Fe is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Mexico's top teams: Capital, who was ranked 20th in their home state at the time (Santa Fe was ranked 17th). Santa Fe's defense stepped up to hand Capital a 1-0 shutout on Saturday. The Demons' winning goal came courtesy of Alan Deras Perez.
Santa Fe was without their leading scorer, Cy Anderson, in Saturday's game. With Anderson sidelined, Santa Fe had to make some changes to the lineup. Keelan Smith played for 60 minutes having averaged 31.2 this season and Sergio Jimenez got 80 vs. an average of 57.1.
Meanwhile, after failing to score in their last matchup, Sandia Prep made sure to put some goals up on the board against Bosque on Tuesday. They blew past the Bobcats 4-0. The result was nothing new for the Sundevils, who have now won three contests by three goals or more so far this season.
Santa Fe's win bumped their record up to 4-2-1. As for Sandia Prep, the victory also got them back to even at 3-3-2.
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