Brighton High School earned the seventh seed in this year's class 5A soccer playoffs and hosts Mountain Vista in the first round Tuesday, June 15.
BHS has a record of 9-1 this year, 7-1 in the Eastern Metro Athletic Conference. Junior Faith Rivero leads the Bulldogs in scoring with 14 goals and 36 total points. Karly Lambert has 10 goals and an assist for 21 points. In nine games, goalkeeper Katie Powers has a goals-againsts average of 0.9. She's made 45 saves. Lu Freese has a goals-against average of 0.7 in seven games.
The Golden Eagles are 8-2 this season and in the Continental League. Hadley Linder had four goals in Mountain Vista's first four games this season. Taylor Evans scored four in a three-game span. Goalkeeper Brooke Auth has a goals-against average of slightly less than 0.8 goals per game in eight games. She's made 34 saves.
The winner gets either Broomfield or Denver East in the quarterfinals later in the week.
