The Reed Raiders will square off against the Sparks Railroaders at 6:45 p.m. on Wednesday.
Reed is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They and Bishop Manogue finished up on equal footing with a 5-5 draw on Saturday. Considering Reed's offense had been struggling lately, the high-scoring outing was a much-needed turnaround.
Logan Schneider, who's played more minutes than anyone else on the Reed squad sat out for Saturday's match. With Schneider sidelined, Reed had to make some big changes to the lineup. Three players hit the pitch for the first time this season: Everett Hefner, Isaac Rodriguez, and Adrian Lopez. Lopez made the most of the opportunity, putting up one assist A few more games like that and he might be seeing even more time going forward.
Meanwhile, Sparks had already won ten in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.2 goals) and they went ahead and made it 11 on Friday. They came out on top against the Huskies by a score of 3-1. Given Sparks' advantage in MaxPreps' Nevada soccer rankings (they are ranked second, while Reno are ranked 34th) , the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Sparks' win bumped their record up to 18-2. Reed's draw gives them a new season record of 7-9-5.
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