The Artesia Bulldogs will challenge the St. Pius X Sartans at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Artesia is looking to tack on another W to their four-game streak on the road.
Artesia is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Mexico's top teams: Goddard, who was ranked 24th in their home state at the time (Artesia was ranked 18th). Artesia's defense stepped up to hand Goddard a 2-0 shutout last Thursday. The Bulldogs' defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last three matches.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but St. Pius X had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. They put the hurt on the Tigers with a sharp 6-0 victory. Vanessa Cichy was a massive factor in the win as she booted in three goals all by herself.
Artesia has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-4-2 record this season. As for St. Pius X, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 13-8.
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