The Douglas Eagles will head out on the road to face off against the Springville Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Douglas is strutting in with some offensive muscle, as they've averaged 3.5 goals per game this season.
Lincoln typically has all the answers at home, but on Friday Douglas proved too difficult a challenge. They never let the Golden Bears onto the board and left with a 2-0 victory. Given Douglas' advantage in MaxPreps' Alabama soccer rankings (they are ranked 20th, while Lincoln is ranked 67th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Douglas was led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Santiago "Susu" Conriquez and
Luis Conriquez, who scored both of Douglas' goals. The pair have combined for a total of 27 so far this season.
Meanwhile, Springville pushed their score all the way to four on Thursday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They fell just short of Southside by a score of 5-4.
The win was the third in a row for Douglas, bringing their record for this year to 11-3. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 18 goals over those three matches. As for Springville, they now have a losing record at 2-3-1.
Douglas might still be hurting after the 5-1 loss they got from Springville in their previous meeting back in April of 2023. Can Douglas avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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