Santa Fe has gone 8-2 against Manzano recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Saturday. The Santa Fe Demons will face off against the Manzano Monarchs at 11:00 a.m. Santa Fe is looking to tack on another W to their four-game streak on the road.
Santa Fe is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Mexico's top teams: Capital, who was ranked 25th in their home state at the time (Santa Fe was ranked 14th). Santa Fe never let Capital onto the board and left with a 2-0 win on Wednesday. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Demons were the better team in the second half.
Cy Anderson was the driving force of Santa Fe's attack as he scored both of Santa Fe's goals, bringing his season total up to five goals.
Meanwhile, Manzano managed to keep up with Eldorado until halftime on Wednesday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Manzano lost 3-0 to Eldorado. The Monarchs haven't had much luck with the Golden Eagles recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Santa Fe is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3-1 record this season. As for Manzano, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-6-1.
Everything went Santa Fe's way against Manzano in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, as Santa Fe made off with a 9-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Santa Fe 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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