Soccer Game Preview: Eureka vs. Lafayette

Eureka has enjoyed a four-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will head out to take on the Lafayette Lancers at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Lafayette is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.3 goals per game this season.

Eureka is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Missouri's top teams: Marquette, who was ranked seventh at the time (Eureka was ranked 22nd). The Wildcats fell just short of the Mustangs by a score of 3-2 on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, Lafayette narrowly escaped with a 3-2 victory against Fort Zumwalt West.

Lafayette has been on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups. That's given a healthy boost to their 8-5 record this season. The wins were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 18 goals over those five games. As for Eureka, their defeat was their first in the district, dropping their district record down to 3-1 and their overall record down to 8-4-1.