The Escambia Gators will challenge the Destin Sharks at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Escambia's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They put the hurt on Pine Forest with a sharp 10-0 victory. The Gators might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine matches by three goals or more this season.
Their offense was hitting Pine Forest from everywhere, as seven different players booted in a goal. Matilyn Holmes led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Destin). Everything went their way against Bozeman on Wednesday as Destin made off with an 8-3 win. The score was close at the half, but the Sharks pulled away in the second half with four goals.
Escambia pushed their record up to 11-3-2 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up zero goals over those four contests. As for Destin, their win bumped their record up to 5-9-2.
Escambia took their victory against Destin in their previous matchup back in November of 2024 by a conclusive 6-0. Will Escambia repeat their success, or does Destin have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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