The Pleasant Grove Vikings will square off against the Lone Peak Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Pleasant Grove is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Utah's top teams: American Fork, who was ranked ninth in their home state at the time (Pleasant Grove was ranked 18th). Pleasant Grove fell just short of American Fork by a score of 2-1 on Thursday. Having soared to a lofty seven goals in the game before, the Vikings couldn't push the score so high this time.
Meanwhile, Lone Peak put another one in the bag on Thursday to keep their perfect season alive. Their defense stepped up to hand Skyridge a 3-0 shutout. Fans of the Knights have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 3+ goal.
They hit Skyridge with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Tessa Carter,
Hannah Heimuli, and
Brooke Hendricks.
Pleasant Grove dropped their record down to 6-5 with that defeat, which was their third straight on the road. As for Lone Peak, their victory bumped their record up to 11-0.
Pleasant Grove suffered a grim 6-1 defeat to Lone Peak when the teams last played back in August. Will Pleasant Grove have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
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