Soccer Game Preview: Lakes vs. River Ridge

The Lakes Lancers will venture away from home to take on the River Ridge Hawks at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

River Ridge will have to contend with a Lakes team hungry for a win, something the squad hasn't seen since March 20. Lakes fell just short of North Thurston by a score of 4-3 on Thursday.

Meanwhile, River Ridge was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They came up short against Timberline, falling 3-0. That's two games in a row now that River Ridge have lost by exactly three goals.

River Ridge's loss dropped their record down to 0-5-3. As for Lakes, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-4-3.

Everything went Lakes' way against River Ridge when the teams last played back in March, as Lakes made off with a 6-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Lancers since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.