On Friday Sierra Vista will have to hit the road after three straight games at home. They will challenge the Liberty Patriots at 3:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Sierra Vista is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Monday. Their defense stepped up to hand Faith Lutheran a 3-0 shutout. The score was close at the half, but the Mountain Lions pulled away in the second half with two goals.
Lazzar Ramos and
Sevastian Suarez scored all three of Sierra Vista's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 37 goals.
Meanwhile, Liberty faced Desert Pines in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Monday. Liberty put the hurt on Desert Pines with a sharp 7-1 win. The victory was familiar territory for the Patriots who have now won seven matchups in a row.
Liberty pushed their record up to 21-2 with the win, which was their 11th straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 80 goals over those 11 matches. As for Sierra Vista, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-4-2 record this season.
Sierra Vista might still be hurting after the 5-2 defeat they got from Liberty in their previous meeting back in August. Can Sierra Vista avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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