Soccer Preview: Madison La Follette vs. Madison East
The Madison La Follette Lancers will venture away from home to square off against the Madison East Purgolders at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Madison La Follette lost 4-1 to Madison West on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, the Lancers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Wisconsin soccer rankings (they are ranked 139th, while the Regents are ranked fourth).
Meanwhile, Madison East hasn't lost a match since September 24th, a trend which continued in their latest game on Tuesday. They never let Vel Phillips Memorial onto the board and left with a 3-0 win. The score was close at the half, but the Purgolders pulled away in the second half with two goals.
Madison La Follette's loss dropped their record down to 2-11-1. As for Madison East, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-2-2 record this season.
Madison La Follette suffered a grim 5-2 defeat to Madison East in their previous matchup back in September. Can Madison La Follette avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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