The Bernalillo Spartans and the Valley Vikings are set to duel on Tuesday.
Bernalillo is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to five goals on Tuesday, they were much more limited against Albuquerque Academy on Thursday. They lost 5-0 to the Chargers. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Mexico soccer rankings (they are ranked 45th, while the Chargers are ranked seventh).
Meanwhile, Valley's and West Mesa's contest on Saturday was close at halftime, but Valley turned on the heat in the second half with two goals. Valley's defense stepped up to hand West Mesa a 3-0 shutout. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Vikings.
Malila Deschiney and
Jayla Carriaga scored all three of Valley's goals, bringing their combined season tally to eight goals.
Bernalillo dropped their record down to 5-7-1 with the defeat, which was their third straight at home. As for Valley, their win ended a five-game drought at home and bumped them up to 6-9.
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