The Smoky Hill Buffaloes are taking a road trip to face off against the Rock Canyon Jaguars at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Smoky Hill will roll into the game after a wild two-game stretch: they didn't score any goals last Thursday, then bounced right back against Montbello on Monday. The Buffaloes' defense stepped up to hand the Warriors a 10-0 shutout. Smoky Hill might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four matchups by four goals or more this season.
Their offense was hitting Montbello from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal. Lauren Nesbitt led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for four goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, Rock Canyon waltzed into their contest on Thursday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They came within a single goal of losing the streak, but they secured a 1-0 W against the Falcons. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but Rock Canyon were the better team in the second half.
Rock Canyon pushed their record up to 7-2-2 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. The road wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 13 goals over those four games. As for Smoky Hill, the victory snapped their losing streak at five games and leaves them with a 4-9 record.
Smoky Hill suffered a grim 10-0 defeat to Rock Canyon when the teams last played back in March of 2022. Can the Buffaloes avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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