The Hernando Tigers will take on the Lewisburg Patriots at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Hernando is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Mississippi's top teams: Tupelo, who was ranked sixth at the time (Hernando was ranked 15th). Hernando fell just short of Tupelo by a score of 2-1 on Friday. The Tigers were red-hot offensively headed into the matchup (they scored no less than four goals in the three contests prior) but the Golden Wave's defense proved too tough.
Hernando's goal came courtesy of Rosa Ibarra, who's now up to nine this season.
Meanwhile, Lewisburg waltzed into their game on Friday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They never let the Hornets onto the board and left with a 2-0 win. Two seems to be a good number for the Patriots as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of goals in their previous game.
Lewisburg has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a massive bump to their 9-6 record this season. As for Hernando, with the defeat, they broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 8-4-1.
Hernando skirted past Lewisburg 2-1 when the teams last played back in December of 2024. The rematch might be a little tougher for Hernando since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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