The Lutheran Lions will look to defend their home pitch on Tuesday against the Lewis-Palmer Rangers at 6:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Lutheran has three straight victories, Lewis-Palmer has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Lutheran's game on Saturday was all tied up 1-1 at the half, but luckily for them it didn't stay that way. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over Golden. Two seems to be a good number for Lutheran as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of goals in their previous game.
They were led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Maelin Lombardi and
Brooklyn Bussey, who scored both of Lutheran's goals. The pair have combined for a total of seven so far this season.
Meanwhile, Lewis-Palmer didn't have quite enough to beat Pueblo County on Saturday and fell 2-1. While losing is never fun, Lewis-Palmer can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado soccer rankings (they are ranked 107th, while Pueblo County is ranked 23rd).
Lutheran's win bumped their record up to 6-1. As for Lewis-Palmer, they now have a losing record at 4-5.
Lutheran skirted past Lewis-Palmer 1-0 when the teams last played back in April of 2023. Does Lutheran have another victory up their sleeve, or will Lewis-Palmer turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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