Highlands is on a four-game streak of home wins, while Summit Country Day is on a six-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Highlands Bluebirds will host the Summit Country Day Silver Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams beat their previous opponents by a single goal, so this matchup might be just as contested.
Highlands' defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They had just enough and edged Beechwood out 1-0. That's two games straight that the Bluebirds have won by just one goal.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Saturday Summit Country Day sidestepped Tippecanoe for a 2-1 victory. Given the Silver Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked seventh, while the Red Devils are ranked 125th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Cameron Lorentz and
Mia Stevens scored both of Summit Country Day's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 14 goals.
Highlands has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3-2 record this season. As for Summit Country Day, their win bumped their record up to 10-1.
Highlands came out on top in a nail-biter against Summit Country Day when the teams last played back in September of 2018, sneaking past 2-1. Does Highlands have another victory up their sleeve, or will Summit Country Day turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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