Soccer Game Preview: Lake Minneola vs. Forest

The Lake Minneola Hawks are taking a road trip to take on the Forest Wildcats at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.

Lake Minneola managed to keep up with East Ridge until halftime on Thursday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Lake Minneola lost 4-1 to East Ridge. The loss continues a trend for the Hawks in their matchups with the Knights: they've now lost seven in a row.

Meanwhile, Forest had already won three in a row and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Knights a 1-0 shutout. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Wildcats were the better team in the second half.

Forest's win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-1. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up one goal over those six matchups. As for Lake Minneola, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-3-1.