The Santa Teresa Desert Warriors are taking a road trip to take on the Deming Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Santa Teresa is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Mexico's top teams: Chaparral, who was ranked 24th in their home state at the time (Santa Teresa was ranked 14th). Santa Teresa fell just short of Chaparral by a score of 1-0 on Monday. Considering the last time the Desert Warriors couldn't score was back in September, the team can't take the result too hard.
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 0-0 at halftime, Deming was not quite Silver's equal in the second half on Monday. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Fighting Colts.
Deming's goal came courtesy of
Samuel Hofacket, who's now up to ten this season.
The loss snapped Santa Teresa's winning streak at six games and leaves them with a 13-5 record. As for Deming, they now have a losing record at 9-10.
Santa Teresa took their victory against Deming in their previous matchup last Monday by a conclusive 4-0. 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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