The Liberty Patriots will host the Desert Pines Jaguars at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Liberty is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They never let Mojave onto the board and left with an 8-0 victory. Given the Patriots' advantage in MaxPreps' Nevada soccer rankings (they are ranked fourth, while the Rattlers are ranked 61st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Liberty hit Mojave with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Michael DiOrio (3),
Joseph Gonzalez (2),
Hudson Albaugh (2), and
Danny Barrera.
Meanwhile, Desert Pines entered their tilt with Shadow Ridge on Thursday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. Everything went their way against the Mustangs as they made off with a 4-1 win. That's two games straight that the Jaguars have won by exactly three goals.
Liberty pushed their record up to 20-2 with the victory, which was their tenth straight at home. As for Desert Pines, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-3-1 record this season.
Liberty came out on top in a nail-biter against Desert Pines when the teams last played back in November of 2023, sneaking past 2-1. Does Liberty have another victory up their sleeve, or will Desert Pines turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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