Soccer Game Preview: Redeemer Christian vs. Eastland Christian

The Redeemer Christian Lions will head out to square off against the Eastland Christian Hurricanes at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.

Redeemer Christian is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Florida's top teams: Liberty Christian Prep, who was ranked 18th at the time (Redeemer Christian was ranked fifth). Redeemer Christian's defense stepped up to hand Liberty Christian Prep a 4-0 shutout on Thursday. The game snapped a strange streak: the last four times these teams have met, it?s been the away team that?s taken home the W.

Redeemer Christian hit Liberty Christian Prep with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Natalia Evans (2), Naomi West, and Selena Martin.

Meanwhile, Eastland Christian put another one in the bag on Tuesday to keep their perfect season alive. They put the hurt on Riverbend Academy with a sharp 8-2 victory.

Eastland Christian's win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-0. As for Redeemer Christian, their victory bumped their record up to 6-3-1.

Redeemer Christian suffered a grim 5-2 defeat to Eastland Christian in their previous matchup back in March. Can the Lions avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.