Soccer Preview: Lakeside vs. South Effingham
Lakeside is 3-0 against South Effingham since March of 2023, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Lakeside Panthers will be staying on the road to face off against the South Effingham Mustangs at 5:30 p.m. Lakeside is strutting in with some offensive muscle, as they've averaged 2.5 goals per game this season.
Last Friday, Lakeside kept a clean sheet against Effingham County. They came out on top against the Rebels by a score of 2-0. Two seems to be a good number for Lakeside as the team scooped up a win with the same number of goals in their previous game.
They were led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Elizabeth Lanclos and
Elise Graybill, who scored both of Lakeside's goals. The pair have combined for a total of eight so far this season.
Meanwhile, Tuesday just wasn't the day for South Effingham's offense. Their rough 6-0 loss to Glynn Academy on Tuesday might stick with them for a while. While losing is never fun, South Effingham can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia soccer rankings (they are ranked 195th, while Glynn Academy is ranked 32nd).
Lakeside has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-2-1 record this season. As for South Effingham, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 6-8.
Lakeside came out on top in a nail-biter against South Effingham when the teams last played on March 1st, sneaking past 1-0. Will Lakeside repeat their success, or does South Effingham have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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