Notre Dame Prep is on a three-game streak of home wins, while Chaparral is on a five-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Notre Dame Prep Saints will host the Chaparral Firebirds at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Notre Dame Prep is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.2 goals per game this season.
Notre Dame Prep is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arizona's top teams: Desert Mountain, who was ranked 15th at the time (Notre Dame Prep was ranked 14th). Notre Dame Prep's defense stepped up to hand Desert Mountain a 2-0 shutout on Wednesday.
Skyler Ortega and Whitney Reinhardt scored both of Notre Dame Prep's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 19 goals.
Meanwhile, Chaparral won against Arizona College Prep on Wednesday with four goals and they decided to stick to that goal total again on Friday. Everything went Chaparral's way against Arcadia as Chaparral made off with a 4-0 victory. The result was nothing new for the Firebirds, who have now won ten matches by three goals or more so far this season.
Chaparral has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-1-2 record this season. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up five goals over those 11 contests. As for Notre Dame Prep, their win bumped their record up to 9-4-3.
Notre Dame Prep skirted past Chaparral 1-0 in their previous meeting back in January of 2024. Will Notre Dame Prep repeat their success, or does Chaparral have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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