The Sunrise Mountain Miners will venture away from home to challenge the Coronado Cougars at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Sunrise Mountain has struggled recently with four defeats in a row, while Coronado will arrive with 22 straight victories.
Sunrise Mountain came up short against Western on Wednesday, falling 6-2.
Meanwhile, Coronado faced Palo Verde in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. Coronado never let Palo Verde onto the board and left with a 7-0 win. The Cougars might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 20 matches by three goals or more this season.
Their offense was hitting Palo Verde from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Ben Aronow led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Sunrise Mountain's loss dropped their record down to 3-13. As for Coronado, their victory was their ninth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 22-0.
Sunrise Mountain might still be hurting after the 6-2 defeat they got from Coronado when the teams last played back in September. Can Sunrise Mountain avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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