The Brighton Bengals will venture away from home to take on the East Leopards at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. Brighton will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.
Brighton's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Alta , sneaking past 1-0. The Bengals wouldn't have won without Lucy Nelson, who scored the game-winner.
Meanwhile, East didn't have quite enough to beat Alta on Monday and fell 5-4. That's two games in a row now that the Leopards have lost by just one goal.
Brighton pushed their record up to 10-1 with that victory, which was their third straight at home. As for East, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-7.
Everything went Brighton's way against East when the teams last played back in August as Brighton made off with a 6-2 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Brighton since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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