The Melbourne Bulldogs will challenge the Merritt Island Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Melbourne is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.2 goals per game this season.
Melbourne will roll into the game after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal two weeks ago, then bounced right back against West Shore on Tuesday. Melbourne walked away with a 5-3 win over West Shore. The high-scoring performance was a welcome turnaround for the Bulldogs' offense, which had struggled in the games prior.
They hit West Shore with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Matthew Faucher (2),
Parker Rathjen,
Trent Burgreen, and
Stephan Nicolas.
Meanwhile, Merritt Island put another one in the bag on Tuesday to keep their perfect season alive. Their defense stepped up to hand Rockledge a 2-0 shutout. Two seems to be a good number for the Mustangs as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of goals in their previous game.
Melbourne's win bumped their record up to 5-2-1. As for Merritt Island, their victory bumped their record up to 5-0.
Melbourne took their win against Merritt Island when the teams last played back in November of 2022 by a conclusive 3-0. Will Melbourne repeat their success, or does Merritt Island have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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