Soccer Preview: Darlington vs. Lakewood
Darlington and Lakewood are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2018, but likely not for long. The Darlington Falcons will head out on the road to challenge the Lakewood Gators at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Lakewood took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Darlington, who comes in off a win.
Darlington will bounce into Monday's contest after beating Lake City, who they hadn't topped in six consecutive meetings. Darlington won by a goal and slipped past Lake City 3-2. Three seems to be a good number for Darlington as the team scooped up a win with the same number of goals in their previous game.
Meanwhile, Lakewood suffered a tough 7-1 loss at the hands of Crestwood on Friday. Lakewood has not had much luck with Crestwood recently, as the team's come up short the last eight times they've met.
Lakewood's goal came courtesy of
Abner Motika, who's now up to 19 this season.
Darlington's victory ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 3-7. As for Lakewood, they now have a losing record at 8-9.
Darlington took their win against Lakewood when the teams last played on Tuesday by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Darlington since the squad 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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