Preview: Columbia vs. Needville
Columbia is 8-1-1 against Needville since April of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Columbia Roughnecks will head out on the road to square off against the Needville Bluejays at 5:30 p.m. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Columbia comes in on three and Needville on five.
On Saturday, Columbia kept a clean sheet against Sweeny. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Bulldogs and snuck past 1-0.
Meanwhile, Needville stacked a 12th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Saturday. They blew past Iowa Colony 6-2. With Needville ahead 5-0 at the half, the match was all but over already.
They hit Iowa Colony with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Maddie Watson (3),
Jayleen Aguirre (2), and
Carla Martinez-Hernandez.
Columbia has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-3-3 record this season. As for Needville, they pushed their record up to 16-3 with that victory, which was their third straight on the road.
Everything went Columbia's way against Needville when the teams last played on February 3rd as Columbia made off with a 4-1 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Columbia since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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