After two games on the road, Bishop Gorman is heading back home. They will welcome the Desert Oasis Diamondbacks at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Bishop Gorman is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.9 goals per game this season.
Bishop Gorman is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nevada's top teams: Coronado, who was ranked first in their home state at the time (Bishop Gorman was ranked fourth). Bishop Gorman walked away with a 3-1 win over Coronado on Tuesday. Mikayla LeCavalier had the honor of scoring the game-winner for the Gaels.
Meanwhile, Desert Oasis was not able to break out of their rough patch last Monday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They came up short against Coronado, falling 8-0. While losing is never fun, the Diamondbacks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nevada soccer rankings (they are ranked 47th, while the Cougars are ranked first).
Bishop Gorman's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-3. As for Desert Oasis, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-5.
Everything went Bishop Gorman's way against Desert Oasis in their previous meeting back in October of 2023 as Bishop Gorman made off with a 6-0 win. Will Bishop Gorman repeat their success, or does Desert Oasis have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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