The Spring Creek Spartans will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Elko Indians at 4:45 p.m. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Spring Creek will roll into the match after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal on Friday, then bounced right back against Dayton on Saturday. Spring Creek blew past Dayton 5-1. Considering the Spartans have won six games by more than three goals this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
They hit Dayton with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Aly Clarke (2),
Justine McDermott,
Isabel Zubiria, and Zubiria.
Meanwhile, Elko entered their tilt with Fernley on Saturday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Their defense stepped up to hand the Vaqueros a 2-0 shutout. Give the Indians' defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Spring Creek is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 7-8 record this season. As for Elko, they pushed their record up to 6-6-1 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road.
Spring Creek might still be hurting after the 5-1 defeat they got from Elko when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can Spring Creek avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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