The Cibola Cougars's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Cleveland Storm at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Cibola will roll into the match after a wild two-game stretch: they didn't score any goals last Saturday, then bounced right back against Rio Grande on Saturday. Cibola's defense stepped up to hand Rio Grande a 13-0 shutout. Considering the Cougars have won three matchups by more than nine goals this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Their offense was hitting Rio Grande from everywhere, as nine different players booted in a goal.
Lisa Torres led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, Cleveland's game last Saturday was close up to the half, which is when they kicked things up a notch. They were the clear victor by an 8-1 margin over Carlsbad. With that victory, the Storm brought their scoring average up to 3 goals per game.
Cibola has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3-1 record this season. As for Cleveland, the win got them back to even at 5-5.
Cibola came up short against Cleveland when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 2-0. Can Cibola avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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