The Highland Hornets will head out to face off against the Valencia Jaguars at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Highland will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more goals each contest than the last.
Highland's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. Everything went their way against Grants as they made off with a 7-0 victory. Considering Highland have won ten matches by more than two goals this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, after soaring to five goals the game before, Valencia was a bit more limited in their contest on Thursday. They came up short against St. Pius X, falling 10-0. While losing is never fun, Valencia can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Mexico soccer rankings (they are ranked 63rd, while St. Pius X are ranked 13th).
Highland is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 12-6 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 32 goals over those eight matches. As for Valencia, their loss dropped their record down to 3-14.
Highland took their victory against Valencia when the teams last played on October 2nd by a conclusive 6-0 score. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Hornets 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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