Soccer Preview: Great Bridge vs. Lakeland
Great Bridge is 6-0 against Lakeland since March of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Great Bridge Wildcats will look to defend their home pitch against the Lakeland Cavaliers at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Great Bridge has eight straight wins, Lakeland has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Great Bridge will bounce into Thursday's matchup after beating Hickory, who they hadn't topped in seven consecutive meetings. Great Bridge skirted past Hickory 2-1. Given Great Bridge's advantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked first, while Hickory is ranked 53rd), the result on Tuesday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Great Bridge was led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Nikolas Panayiotou and
Jayden Mosquera, who scored both of Great Bridge's goals. The pair have combined for a total of nine so far this season.
Meanwhile, Lakeland's game on Tuesday was all tied up 1-1 at the half, but sadly for them it didn't stay that way. They suffered a rough 4-1 defeat at the hands of Deep Creek.
Great Bridge's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-0. As for Lakeland, their loss dropped their record down to 1-6-1.
Great Bridge took their win against Lakeland in their previous matchup back in April of 2023 by a conclusive 12-1. In that match, Great Bridge amassed a halftime lead of 7-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Thursday.
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