Lakeland is 0-5 against Grassfield since April of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Lakeland Cavaliers will head out on the road to challenge the Grassfield Grizzlies at 7:00 p.m. Lakeland will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Virginia Rankings (they are ranked 208th, while Grassfield is ranked eighth).
Lakeland's offense might be in the hot seat on Tuesday considering what happened against Nansemond River on Thursday. They lost 8-0 to the Warriors. Lakeland has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Grassfield had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.5 goals), and they went ahead and made it seven on Thursday. They put the hurt on the Hornets with a sharp 4-1 victory. Grassfield might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won six contests by three goals or more this season.
They hit Deep Creek with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Jillian Kemp (2),
Hanna Smith, and
Katie Dowd.
Lakeland's loss dropped their record down to 4-8. As for Grassfield, their win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 9-2.
Lakeland might still be hurting after the 14-0 defeat they got from Grassfield when the teams last played back in April of 2023. Can Lakeland avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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