Battle Mountain has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will head out to take on the Vail Mountain Gore Rangers at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Battle Mountain is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3 goals per game this season.
Battle Mountain's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They came out on top against Eagle Valley by a score of 2-0. Given the Huskies' advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado soccer rankings (they are ranked 18th, while the Devils are ranked 114th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Grey Glowacki and
Jakob Methvin scored both of Battle Mountain's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 18 goals.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Vail Mountain). They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 5-4 win over Basalt on Thursday.
Battle Mountain's victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-3. As for Vail Mountain, they now have a winning record of 4-3-2.
Battle Mountain beat Vail Mountain by a goal in their previous meeting back in October of 2021, winning 2-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Battle Mountain since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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