The Mead Mavericks will face off against the Legacy Lightning at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Mead is looking to give their home crowd another W after opening their season at home on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Liberty Common as Mead made off with a 7-1 victory. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 3-0.
Mead's offense was hitting Liberty Common from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal. Reese Ormsby led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, Legacy entered their tilt with Skyline on Tuesday with three consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with four. Their defense stepped up to hand the Falcons a 7-0 shutout. The score was close at halftime, but Legacy pulled away in the second half with six goals.
Savannah Peterson, who's played more minutes than anyone else on the Legacy squad sat out for Tuesday's contest. With Peterson sidelined, Legacy had to make some big changes to the lineup. Three players hit the pitch for the first time this season: Ella Jensen, Kennedy Martin, and Sienna Kidd. The pair took full advantage of the opportunity: Jensen put up one assist, while she scored a goal.
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