The Colorado Academy Mustangs will face off against the Rifle Bears at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Colorado Academy headed into their last match having not scored more than one goal for four straight, but Prospect Ridge Academy let them put that streak behind them. The Mustangs' defense stepped up to hand the Miners a 5-0 shutout on Thursday. Give Colorado Academy's defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
They hit Prospect Ridge Academy with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Zack Lapidus (2), Braden Schubert, Danielle Caffarelli, and Pablo Stewart.
Meanwhile, Rifle won against Delta two weeks ago with three goals and they decided to stick to that goal total again on Thursday. The Bears blew past Aspen 3-0. Rifle might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five contests by three goals or more this season.
Colorado Academy is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 9-3-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only given up three goals over those eight matches. As for Rifle, their win bumped their record up to 6-8-1.
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