Preview: Lakewood vs. Lower Richland
The Lakewood Gators will be playing at home against the Lower Richland Diamond Hornets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Lakewood is coming into the contest hot, having won their last four games.
On Thursday, Lakewood sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over East Clarendon. Three seems to be a good number for Lakewood as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of goals in their previous game.
They were led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Abner Motika and
Michael Lynch, who scored all three of Lakewood's goals. The pair have combined for a total of nine so far this season.
Meanwhile, Lower Richland fell victim to Crestwood's stalwart defense on Monday and couldn't make it onto the board. Their rough 5-0 loss to the Knights might stick with them for a while. Lower Richland has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Lakewood pushed their record up to 4-2 with that victory, which was their third straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 11 goals over those three matchups. As for Lower Richland, they now have a losing record at 1-2.
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