Preview: Lubbock vs. Abilene
Lubbock has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will square off against the Abilene Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Lubbock's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for 12 straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Lubbock fell victim to Lubbock-Cooper's stalwart defense on Friday and couldn't make it onto the board. They fell 2-0 to the Pirates. While losing is never fun, Lubbock can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 515th, while Lubbock-Cooper is ranked 149th).
Meanwhile, Abilene kept a clean sheet against Monterey on Friday. They skirted past the Plainsmen 1-0.
Lubbock's defeat dropped their record down to 1-13-4. As for Abilene, their victory bumped their record up to 4-7-4.
Lubbock suffered a grim 8-0 defeat to Abilene in their previous matchup back in February. Can Lubbock avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
