Lubbock-Cooper is 0-9 against Amarillo since March of 2018 but things could change on Friday. The Lubbock-Cooper Pirates will head out on the road to square off against the Amarillo Sandies at 5:00 p.m. The two teams have allowed few goals on average, (Lubbock-Cooper: 0.5, Amarillo: 0.4) so any goals scored will be well earned.
Amarillo will be up against a hot Lubbock-Cooper team: the squad just extended their winning streak to three. Lubbock-Cooper never let Monterey onto the board and left with a 2-0 win on Tuesday. Give the Pirates' defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Presley Shields was the driving force of Lubbock-Cooper's attack as she scored both of Lubbock-Cooper's goals, bringing her season total up to four goals.
Meanwhile, after a string of six wins, Amarillo's good fortune finally ran out on Friday. They and Monterey finished up their game with a 1-1 draw. The result kept the Sandies happy, as they haven't lost a game since January 4th.
Lubbock-Cooper has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 6-1-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up two goals over those six contests. With that draw, Amarillo's record moves to 9-1-1.
Lubbock-Cooper came up short against Amarillo when the teams last played back in February of 2022, falling 2-0. Can Lubbock-Cooper avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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