The Santa Teresa Desert Warriors are on the road again on Friday to play the Lovington Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. Santa Teresa is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.1 goals per game this season.
Santa Teresa's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by an 8-0 margin over Hatch Valley. Considering the Desert Warriors have won four contests by more than three goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Their offense was hitting Hatch Valley from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Kimberly Santoscoy led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for four goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, Lovington was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They lost 6-0 to Roswell.
Santa Teresa's victory bumped their record up to 5-2-2. As for Lovington, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-8.
Everything went Santa Teresa's way against Lovington in their previous matchup back in September of 2023 as Santa Teresa made off with a 4-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Santa Teresa since the squad 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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