The Bayside Bears will venture away from home to take on the New Smyrna Beach Barracudas at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Bayside is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 5.2 goals per game this season.
Bayside is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They put the hurt on Heritage with a sharp 9-1 win on Friday. The Bears might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three games by five goals or more this season.
Their offense was hitting Heritage from everywhere, as seven different players booted in a goal.
Payton Zander led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for New Smyrna Beach, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Tuesday. Their defense stepped up to hand Apopka a 2-0 shutout on Friday.
New Smyrna Beach pushed their record up to 4-1 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only given up one goal over those three contests. As for Bayside, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 4-2.
Bayside was able to grind out a solid victory over New Smyrna Beach in their previous meeting back in November of 2023, winning 2-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Bayside since the squad 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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