The Desert Mountain Wolves will square off against the Perry Pumas at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty goal totals in their previous games.
Desert Mountain is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arizona's top teams: Mountain Ridge, who was ranked 17th at the time (Desert Mountain was ranked 13th). Desert Mountain was the clear victor by a 5-1 margin over Mountain Ridge on Tuesday. The win was familiar territory for Wolves who have now won three matches in a row.
Meanwhile, Perry made easy work of Mountain View on Tuesday and carried off a 4-1 victory. The win continues a trend for the Pumas in their matchups with the Toros: they've now won six in a row.
Perry hit Mountain View with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Ella Griffin (2), Reegan Ankenbauer, and Saydie Herbert.
Perry pushed their record up to 11-6 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home. Those victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only given up two goals over those six contests. As for Desert Mountain, their win bumped their record up to 15-5-2.
Desert Mountain might still be hurting after the 5-0 defeat they got from Perry when the teams last played back in December of 2019. Can Desert Mountain avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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