The Santa Fe Indians will venture away from home to take on the Barbers Hill Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Santa Fe had to skate by with only a one-goal margin when they last took the pitch, which might have inspired the three-goal drubbing they dealt Ball on Tuesday. Santa Fe's defense stepped up to hand Ball a 3-0 shutout. Given the Indians' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 269th, while the Tornadoes are ranked 670th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Santa Fe hit Ball with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Kenley Gerky, Payton Stewart, and Marlee Ginn.
Meanwhile, Barbers Hill entered their tilt with Nederland last Friday with seven consecutive wins , and they'll enter their next game with eight. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over the Bulldogs. Give the Eagles' defense some credit: that's the team's eighth straight shutout.
Barbers Hill pushed their record up to 20-3-2 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. Those victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only given up zero goals over those three games. As for Santa Fe, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 14-5-4 record this season.
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