The Middleton Vikings will take on the Caldwell Cougars at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Middleton is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 5.1 goals per game this season.
Middleton is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Idaho's top teams: Kuna, who was ranked 25th in their home state at the time (Middleton was ranked eighth). Middleton's defense stepped up to hand Kuna a 4-0 shutout on Saturday. The result was nothing new for the Vikings, who have now won eight contests by three goals or more so far this season.
They hit Kuna with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Elsie Wyatt (2),
Addie McCallister, and McCallister.
Meanwhile, Caldwell had just enough and edged Columbia out 1-0 on Wednesday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Cougars.
Middleton is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-1-1 record this season. As for Caldwell, their victory ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 4-5-1.
Everything went Middleton's way against Caldwell in their previous meeting on September 11th, as Middleton made off with a 5-2 win. In that match, Middleton amassed a halftime lead of 5-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Monday.
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