Ralston Valley had already won seven in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.9 goals), and they went ahead and made it eight on Wednesday. They never let the Lakewood Tigers onto the board and left with a 5-0 win. Given Ralston Valley's advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado soccer rankings (they are ranked seventh, while Lakewood is ranked 97th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Ralston Valley hit Lakewood with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Santana Sabus (2),
Taryn Messingham,
Holly Engelking, and
Evilyn Morwood.
Ralston Valley pushed their record up to 11-2-1 with that victory, which was their seventh straight on the road. As for Lakewood, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 4-8-1.
Ralston Valley will be playing in front of their home fans against Arvada West at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams will come into the match having just posted big wins, so someone is set to suffer a big change in fortunes. As for Lakewood, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Brighton at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Lakewood will be up against Brighton's rather soft defense (which has allowed 4.5 goals per game), so fans could be in store for a big offensive performance.
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