Southwest has won three straight games at home, while Highlands has won three straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Friday. The Southwest Dragons will host the Highlands Owls at 7:00 p.m. Southwest is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.6 goals per game this season.
While the 3-3 score might suggest a draw, it was Southwest who was credited with the win on Tuesday. Southwest got it done in the shootout by posting four goals to McCollum's two.
Southwest hit McCollum with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Maliya Smith, Gizelle Fierros, and Delci Leon.
Highlands' defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed last Monday. They had just enough and edged out Edison 1-0.
Highlands is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 15-9-1 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 29 goals over those nine games. Southwest's victory bumped their record up to 20-5.
Everything went Southwest's way against Highlands in their previous matchup back in March of 2019, as Southwest made off with a 6-0 win. Will Southwest repeat their success, or does Highlands have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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