On Wednesday, Manti kept a clean sheet against Richfield. They came out on top against the Richfield Wildcats by a score of 2-0. Give Manti's defense some credit: that's the team's ninth straight shutout.
They were led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Luis Ornelas and
Kyle Steinfeldt, who scored both of Manti's goals. The pair have combined for a total of 18 so far this season.
Manti's win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 9-0. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 20 goals over those five games. As for Richfield, they haven't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-9.
Manti will be playing at home against North Sanpete at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Manti's defense has only allowed zero goals per game this season, so North Sanpete's offense will have their work cut out for them. As for Richfield, they will head out on the road to challenge Carbon at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Richfield will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Utah Rankings (they are ranked 98th, while Carbon is ranked 15th).
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