Liberty has gone 4-0 against Sierra Vista recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Liberty Patriots will face off against the Sierra Vista Mountain Lions at 3:00 p.m. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Liberty comes in on seven and Sierra Vista on three.
Liberty is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Monday. They blew past Desert Pines 7-1. The Patriots might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 18 contests by three goals or more this season.
Their offense was hitting Desert Pines from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Justin Gilliland led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, on MondayFaith Lutheran kept up with Sierra Vista until halftime, but afterwards: not so much. Sierra Vista's defense stepped up to hand Faith Lutheran a 3-0 shutout. Considering the Mountain Lions have won eight games by more than two goals this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Sierra Vista used a slightly different lineup for their bout with Faith Lutheran. Leon Mesic played for 80 minutes having averaged 51.7 this season and Edin Omeragik got 65 vs. an average of 30.3. Mesic made the most of the opportunity, putting uptwo assists. A few more games like that and he might be seeing even more time going forward.
Liberty's victory was their 11th straight at home, which pushed their record up to 21-2. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 80 goals over those 11 matches. As for Sierra Vista, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 16-4-2 record this season.
Everything went Liberty's way against Sierra Vista when the teams last played back in August, as Liberty made off with a 5-2 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Liberty since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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