After a string of six wins, Annandale's good fortune finally ran out on Monday. They took a 6-4 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Lewis Lancers. While losing is never fun, Annandale can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 97th, while Lewis is ranked 29th).
Lewis used a slightly different lineup for their bout with Annandale. Moad Ezzahir played for 80 minutes having averaged 52.5 this season and Denis Martinez got 80 vs. an average of 53.6. Ezzahir made the most of the opportunity, scoring a goal. A few more games like that and he might be seeing even more time going forward.
Annandale's defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 8-6-1. As for Lewis, they pushed their record up to 15-0-1 with that victory, which was their sixth straight at home.
Annandale does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Lewis, they will stay at home for another game and welcome South County at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Lewis is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.9 goals per game this season.
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