La Cueva has gone 7-0 against Manzano recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Wednesday. The La Cueva Bears are taking a road trip to face off against the Manzano Monarchs at 4:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (La Cueva has four straight wins, Manzano has seven straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
La Cueva is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Mexico's top teams: Santa Fe, who was ranked 16th in their home state at the time (La Cueva was ranked first). La Cueva came out on top against Santa Fe by a score of 4-2 on Saturday. Christian Gerhardt had to tread lightly for part of the match after he was hit with a yellow card, but that was the only trouble the Bears got from the refs.
La Cueva hit Santa Fe with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Winston Starr,
David Kay,
Pedro Arana, and Gerhardt.
Meanwhile, Manzano fell victim to West Mesa and their airtight defense on Monday. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Mustangs.
La Cueva has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-1-2 record this season. As for Manzano, their loss dropped their record down to 0-10-1.
Everything went La Cueva's way against Manzano in their previous meeting back in August of 2021, as La Cueva made off with an 11-1 victory. Does La Cueva have another victory up their sleeve, or will Manzano turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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