Lemon Bay hasn't had much luck against Lakewood Ranch recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Lemon Bay Manta Rays will take on the Lakewood Ranch Mustangs in a holiday battle at at 7:30 p.m. Lemon Bay is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.8 goals per game this season.
Lemon Bay is headed into the contest having not lost since November 21 and will look to keep things rolling. Their defense stepped up to hand DeSoto County an 8-0 shutout on Thursday. The Manta Rays might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five matches by five goals or more this season.
They hit DeSoto County with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Sofia Ferjiani (3), Madison Tieu (3), Leah Slicker, and Ava Wilson.
Meanwhile, after soaring to four goals the game before, Lakewood Ranch was a bit more limited in their game on Friday. They fell just short of St. Johns Country Day by a score of 1-0.
Lemon Bay pushed their record up to 9-2-2 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up one goal over those three contests. As for Lakewood Ranch, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-3-2.
Lemon Bay suffered a grim 5-0 defeat to Lakewood Ranch in their previous meeting back in January of 2023. Can Lemon Bay avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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