Soccer Preview: Lake Gibson vs. Lakeland
Lake Gibson hasn't had much luck against Lakeland recently, but that could start to change on Wednesday. The Lake Gibson Braves will look to defend their home pitch against the Lakeland Dreadnaughts at 8:00 p.m.
Lake Gibson's offense might be in the hot seat on Wednesday considering what happened against George Jenkins on Tuesday. They lost 5-0 to the Eagles. While losing is never fun, the Braves can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 177th, while the Eagles are ranked 45th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Lakeland). Their defense stepped up to hand Fort Meade a 6-0 shutout on Monday. The Dreadnaughts' defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last three games.
Their offense was hitting Fort Meade from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Cadence Jackson led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Lakeland's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 5-3. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only given up zero goals over those three matchups. As for Lake Gibson, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 5-5.
Lake Gibson might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Lakeland in their previous meeting back in January. Will Lake Gibson have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more soccer content.
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