Soccer Recap: Rank Disadvantage No Problem for Lufkin

By Team Reports Mar 14, 2025, 10:50am

Soccer Recap: Lufkin vs. Mt. Pleasant

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Previous Games

03/11/25 - Home1-0 W
02/07/25 - Away0-0 T
03/25/24 - Neutral0-4 L
03/25/22 - Neutral1-3 L
01/20/22 - Neutral0-0 T
+ 4 more games

Lufkin kept a clean sheet against Mt. Pleasant on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged out the Mt. Pleasant Tigers 1-0. The win was all the more spectacular given the Panthers' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 176th, while the Tigers are ranked 18th).

Lufkin is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 10-5-5 record this season. The loss snapped Mt. Pleasant's winning streak at five games and leaves them with a 13-1-5 record.

Coming up, Lufkin will challenge Marshall at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Lufkin's last three games have been decided by no more than a goal, so don't be surprised if it's a close one. As for Mt. Pleasant, a feisty cat fight will be fought as Mt. Pleasant duke it out with Whitehouse at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.

Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps

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