The Islands Sharks will stay at home for another game and welcome the Baldwin Braves at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Neither Islands nor Baldwin posted many goals in their last games, so it might be the defenses that decide this one.
Last Friday, Islands kept a clean sheet against West Laurens. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Raiders and snuck past 1-0. Islands wouldn't have won without Allyson Rosas, who scored the game-winner.
Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, Baldwin's good fortune finally ran out on Friday. They fell victim to a tough 10-0 loss at the hands of Perry. While losing is never fun, Baldwin can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia soccer rankings (they are ranked 219th, while Perry is ranked 59th).
Islands has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-6-1 record this season. As for Baldwin, their defeat dropped their record down to 11-5-1.
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