The Columbia Tigers will head out to challenge the Eastside Rams at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Columbia has five straight wins, Eastside has seven straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
It was a proper cat-fight when Columbia challenged Ridgeview on Tuesday. Columbia's defense stepped up to hand Ridgeview a 3-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for the Tigers, who have now won five matches by three goals or more so far this season.
They hit Ridgeview with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Kyndall Norris,
Autumn (AJ) Stanley, and
Niki Sossie.
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 0-0 at halftime, Eastside was not quite Interlachen's equal in the second half on Monday. They fell just short of the Rams by a score of 1-0. That's two games in a row now that Eastside has lost by just one goal.
Columbia's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-1. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 17 goals over those four games. As for Eastside, their loss dropped their record down to 0-7.
Columbia took their win against Eastside in their previous meeting two weeks ago by a conclusive 4-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Columbia since the team 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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