The Fort Myers Green Wave will square off against the Mariner Tritons at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Fort Myers is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed past Cypress Lake to the tune of 36-0 last Thursday. Considering the Green Wave's offense had been struggling lately, the high-scoring outing was a much-needed turnaround.
Meanwhile, Mariner had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 10 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Wednesday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Panthers a 26-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for the Tritons, who have now won five contests by 26 points or more so far this season.
Mariner didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Sophia Flinn, Mia Standard, and Ellamay Ramirez picked up one apiece.
Fort Myers is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups. That's provided a massive bump to their 5-4 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 6.6 points on average over those games. As for Mariner, their win bumped their record up to 7-2.
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