Mountain Ridge is 0-9-1 against Pinnacle since December of 2016 but things could change on Monday. The Mountain Ridge Mountain Lions are taking a road trip to take on the Pinnacle Pioneers at 6:00 p.m. Both teams beat their previous opponents by a single goal, so this matchup might be just as contested.
Mountain Ridge is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arizona's top teams: Boulder Creek, who was ranked third at the time (Mountain Ridge was ranked 16th). Mountain Ridge never let Boulder Creek onto the board and left with a 1-0 victory on Thursday. Give the Mountain Lions' defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Meanwhile, Pinnacle sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over O'Connor on Thursday.
Pinnacle is also on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-8-1 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 13 goals over those four matchups. As for Mountain Ridge, their victory bumped their record up to 9-1.
Mountain Ridge might still be hurting after the 9-2 loss they got from Pinnacle in their previous meeting back in February of 2024. Can Mountain Ridge avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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