Soccer Game Preview: Barron Collier vs. Mater Lakes Academy

The Barron Collier Cougars will take on the Mater Lakes Academy Bears at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Barron Collier sitting on four straight wins and Mater Lakes Academy on 11.

Barron Collier is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They walked away with a 5-3 victory over Fort Walton Beach. That's two games straight that the Cougars have won by exactly two goals.

They hit Fort Walton Beach with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Alex Bulai-Tudor (2), Emerson LaOrden (2), and Logan Tsopanoglou.

Meanwhile, Mater Lakes Academy faced Bishop Moore in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. Mater Lakes Academy's defense stepped up to hand Bishop Moore a 2-0 shutout. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Bears were the better team in the second half.

Mater Lakes Academy pushed their record up to 23-1 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 13 goals over those three matches. As for Barron Collier, their victory bumped their record up to 19-2.