The Las Cruces Bulldawgs will venture away from home to square off against the Centennial Hawks at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Las Cruces will roll into the match after a wild two-game stretch: they didn't score any goals on Thursday, then bounced right back against Alamogordo on Tuesday. The Bulldawgs never let the Tigers get on the board and left with a 10-0 win. The high-scoring performance was a welcome turnaround for Las Cruces' offense, which had struggled in the games prior.
Meanwhile, Centennial faced Organ Mountain in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. The Hawks were the clear victors by a 3-0 margin over the Knights. Centennial might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven matchups by three goals or more this season.
Cleo Coca and Amorie Moreno scored all three of Centennial's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 15 goals.
Centennial is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 13 contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 13-4-1 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 47 goals over those 13 matches. As for Las Cruces, the win got them back to even at 9-9-1.
Las Cruces was able to grind out a solid victory over Centennial in their previous matchup on October 7th, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Bulldawgs since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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