Liberty is 2-8 against Pinnacle since January of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Liberty Lions will challenge the Pinnacle Pioneers at 6:00 p.m. Liberty is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.3 goals per game this season.
Liberty is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arizona's top teams: Boulder Creek, who was ranked 21st at the time (Liberty was ranked 11th). Liberty walked away with a 5-3 victory over Boulder Creek on Monday. It was an even better day for Kyen Wallace as he scored three goals for his team.
Meanwhile, Pinnacle waltzed into their game on Wednesday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They never let the Broncos onto the board and left with a 1-0 win. That's two games straight that the Pioneers have won by just one goal.
Pinnacle's victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 16-1-2. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 26 goals over those seven matchups. As for Liberty, their win bumped their record up to 14-5.
Liberty came up short against Pinnacle in their previous meeting back in December of 2024, falling 2-0. Can Liberty avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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