The Gila Ridge Hawks are taking a road trip to face off against the Mesa Jackrabbits at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Gila Ridge has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with three straight losses, while Mesa will come in with three straight victories.
Last Thursday, Gila Ridge didn't have quite enough to beat Cibola and fell 2-1.
Meanwhile, Mesa kept a clean sheet against Red Mountain on Monday. They walked away with a 2-0 win over the Mountain Lions. Given the Jackrabbits' advantage in MaxPreps' Arizona soccer rankings (they are ranked fourth, while the Mountain Lions are ranked 100th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Jose Barrios and Evan Romero scored both of Mesa's goals, bringing their combined season tally to nine goals.
Mesa has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-4-1 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 23 goals over those seven games. As for Gila Ridge, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-8.
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