Grand Valley is 2-8 against Basalt since April of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The Cardinals are taking a road trip to challenge the Longhorns at 11:00 a.m. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Grand Valley is likely headed into the match with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Moffat County on Thursday. The Cardinals took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Bulldogs.
Meanwhile, Basalt was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They came up short against Delta, falling 5-0. While losing is never fun, Basalt can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado soccer rankings (they are ranked 174th, while Delta are ranked 24th).
Basalt's defeat dropped their record down to 2-9-3. As for Grand Valley, their loss dropped their record down to 2-12.
Grand Valley might still be hurting after the 8-5 defeat they got from Basalt when the teams last played back in April of 2022. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point the Cardinals were down 8-3.
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