{"id":745977,"date":"2026-07-06T06:40:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T06:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/745977\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T06:40:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T06:40:18","slug":"preview-the-mystics-face-the-valkyries-on-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/745977\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: The Mystics face the Valkyries on Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Washington Mystics (10-9) are playing the Golden State Valkyries (14-7) tomorrow. This should be a good feeler for how the season of the Mystics could turn out, as they try to break through the glass ceiling of the 0.500 mark.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">When: Monday, July 6 at 7:30 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Where: CareFirst Arena, Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">How to Watch: Monumental Sports Network<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Mystics: Sonia Citron (Out)<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Valkyries: Miela Sowah, Ashten Prechtel, Iliana Rupert (Out)<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Mystics have won 5 of their last 7. Lately, they are looking at the 0.500 mark from above.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">However, they are not able to break much past it all season long.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">And, finally, as things were coming together in this latest winning stretch, they lost perhaps their best player in Sonia Citron to a knee injury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">To make it worse, this is just after her 32 point showing lately against Portland!<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">So it is definitely up to the likes of Georgia Amoore and Lucy Olsen to step up in Citron\u2019s absence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">On the other hand, Golden State is clearly one of the Western Conference best teams, and a title contender.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">So this will be a tough one, and a great indicator for how the rest of the Mytics season might play out\u2014 muddling around the 0.500 mark, or a strong playoff push.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Go Mystics! 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