Soccer Recap: Lemon Bay Sets Scoring Season-High Against Port Charlotte

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Team Score

01/16/25 vs Port Charlotte	10
11/12/24 @ Port Charlotte	8
12/12/24 vs DeSoto County	8
11/23/24 vs Key West	6
12/04/24 vs Cypress Lake	6

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Lemon Bay). Their defense stepped up to hand the Port Charlotte Pirates a 10-0 shutout on Thursday. Sophia Sweiderk was a massive factor in the win as she booted in three goals all by herself.

Lemon Bay's victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-4-2. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 31 goals over those six matches. As for Port Charlotte, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost seven of their last eight contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 2-11 record this season.

Lemon Bay didn't take long to hit the pitch again: they've already played their next game, a 4-2 win against Key West on the 18th. Port Charlotte has also already played their next match (against Cape Coral), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.