Manatee hasn't had much luck against Lakewood Ranch recently, but that could start to change on Wednesday. The Manatee Hurricanes will head out to square off against the Lakewood Ranch Mustangs at 5:00 p.m. Manatee is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 5.1 goals per game this season.
Manatee is looking to tack another W on to their season record, something they couldn't quite do against Southeast on Friday. Manatee and Southeast finished up their game with a 2-2 draw.
Anthony Ramos and
Aurelius Pena scored both of Manatee's goals, bringing their combined season tally to ten goals.
Meanwhile, Lakewood Ranch waltzed into their match on Wednesday with five straight wins... but they left with six. Everything went their way against the Rams as they made off with a 6-2 victory. Considering the Mustangs have won seven matchups by more than two goals this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Lakewood Ranch pushed their record up to 8-1 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 26 goals over those five contests. Manatee's draw gives them a new season record of 6-2-1.
Manatee suffered a grim 4-0 defeat to Lakewood Ranch when the teams last played back in November. Can Manatee avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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