The Mansfield Tigers will challenge the Lake Ridge Eagles at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Mansfield is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to six goals on Friday, they were much more limited against Boswell on Monday. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Pioneers. The contest was a 0-0 toss-up at halftime, but the Tigers couldn't quite close it out.
Meanwhile, Lake Ridge had already won five in a row and they went ahead and made it six on Friday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Pioneers a 2-0 shutout. Two seems to be a good number for the Eagles as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of goals in their previous game.
Ryder Rodriguez and Bryce Sampson scored both of Lake Ridge's goals, bringing their combined season tally to three goals.
Lake Ridge pushed their record up to 8-4 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home. Those victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only given up one goal over those five matchups. As for Mansfield, their loss dropped their record down to 2-5.
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