The Lely Trojans will take on the Cypress Lake Panthers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Lely managed to keep up with Estero until halftime on Thursday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Lely came up short against Estero, falling 4-0. While losing is never fun, the Trojans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 304th, while the Wildcats are ranked 108th).
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Cypress Lake, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Tuesday. They walked away with a 4-2 win over LaBelle on Thursday. The high-scoring performance was a welcome turnaround for the Panthers' offense, which had struggled in the games prior.
They hit LaBelle with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Aundrea Vargas, Kiera Desmond, Emily Desmond, and Rylie Weeks.
Lely has been struggling recently as they've lost six of their last eight matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-8-2 record this season. As for Cypress Lake, their victory bumped their record up to 8-9-1.
Lely took their win against Cypress Lake in their previous meeting back in January of 2022 by a conclusive 6-0. Will Lely repeat their success, or does Cypress Lake have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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