The Mesa Ridge Grizzlies will head out on the road to face off against the Falcon Falcons at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Mesa Ridge is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.4 goals per game this season.
Mesa Ridge proved they can win big on Monday (they won by ten) and on Thursday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Pueblo South 2-1. Aaliyah Reyna had to tread lightly for part of the match after she was hit with a yellow card, but that was the only trouble Mesa Ridge got from the refs.
Laycie Gerhardt and Bailey Hummer scored both of Mesa Ridge's goals, bringing their combined season tally to five goals.
Meanwhile, after soaring to ten goals the game before, Falcon was a bit more limited in their match on Thursday. They lost 4-0 to Canon City.
Mesa Ridge is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games. That's provided a nice bump to their 5-4 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 29 goals over those six contests. As for Falcon, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-4.
Mesa Ridge skirted past Falcon 2-1 in their previous meeting back in April of 2024. Will the Grizzlies repeat their success, or do the Falcons have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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