The Telluride Miners will square off against the Colorado Springs Christian Lions at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
Telluride is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Crested Butte just ended the team's ten-match winning streak last Friday. They lost 5-0 to the Titans. The shutout was out of character for Telluride seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in August.
Meanwhile, with a playoff win on the line, Colorado Springs Christian rose to the challenge on Saturday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Firebirds a 2-0 shutout. Colorado Springs Christian found success even though the refs didn't miss a thing: three Colorado Springs Christian players were handed yellow cards.
Judah Rogers and Corban Contreras scored both of Colorado Springs Christian's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 22 goals.
Telluride's defeat was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 5-1 and their overall record down to 12-3. As for Colorado Springs Christian, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 10-5-1 record this season.
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