The Lakewood Tigers are taking a road trip to take on the Eaglecrest Raptors at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Lakewood's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for six straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Lakewood managed to keep up with Ralston Valley until halftime on Thursday, but things quickly went downhill from there. The Tigers came up short against the Mustangs, falling 3-0. While losing is never fun, Lakewood can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado soccer rankings (they are ranked 143rd, while Ralston Valley are ranked third).
Meanwhile, Eaglecrest fell victim to Cherry Creek and their airtight defense on Tuesday. They lost 10-0 to the Bruins. Eaglecrest have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Eaglecrest's defeat dropped their record down to 2-5-1. As for Lakewood, their loss dropped their record down to 1-6.
Lakewood came out on top in a nail-biter against Eaglecrest in their previous meeting back in March of 2018, sneaking past 2-1. Will the Tigers repeat their success, or do the Raptors have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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