The Centennial Hawks will square off against the Las Cruces Bulldawgs at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are strolling into their matchups after big wins in their previous games.
Centennial is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Mexico's top teams: Organ Mountain, who was ranked seventh at the time (Centennial was ranked 11th). The Hawks' defense stepped up to hand the Knights a 3-0 shutout on Tuesday. The result was nothing new for Centennial, who have now won seven matches by three goals or more so far this season.
Cleo Coca and Amorie Moreno scored all three of Centennial's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 15 goals.
Meanwhile, after low-scoring totals in their previous three contest, Las Cruces brought some dynamite into their most recent matchup. Everything went their way against Alamogordo on Tuesday as they made off with a 10-0 victory. The high-scoring performance was a welcome turnaround for Las Cruces' offense, which had struggled in the games prior.
Centennial has been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 13 matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 13-4-1 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 47 goals over those 13 contests. As for Las Cruces, the victory got them back to even at 9-9-1.
Centennial couldn't quite get it done against Las Cruces when the teams last played on October 7th as they fell 3-1. Will the Hawks have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
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