The La Cueva Bears will head out on the road to square off against the Eldorado Golden Eagles at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
La Cueva is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Mexico's top teams: Sandia, who was ranked 18th in their home state at the time (La Cueva was ranked second). La Cueva never let Sandia onto the board and left with a 5-0 win on Saturday. Give the Bears' defense some credit: that's the team's fifth straight shutout.
They hit Sandia with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Sasha Lucero (2),
Shea Galloway,
Leah Barone, and
Makayla Chavez.
Meanwhile, Eldorado came tearing into Saturday's contest with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.5 goals) and they left with even more momentum. They were the clear victor by a 10-0 margin over the Monarchs. That's two games straight that the Golden Eagles have won by exactly ten goals.
La Cueva pushed their record up to 13-2-1 with the victory, which was their tenth straight at home. As for Eldorado, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-3-1 record this season.
La Cueva was able to grind out a solid win over Eldorado in their previous meeting two weeks ago, winning 2-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for La Cueva 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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