The Lexington Minutemen will head out to challenge the Kearney Bearcats at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Lexington sitting on three straight victories and Kearney on four.
Lexington is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nebraska's top teams: Grand Island, who was ranked eighth at the time (Lexington was ranked fifth). The Minutemen came out on top against the Islanders by a score of 3-1 on Friday. The score was all tied up 1-1 at the break, but Lexington were the better team in the second half.
Meanwhile, Kearney earned a 3-1 win over Schuyler on Friday. Aiden Nutter had to tread lightly for part of the match after he was hit with a yellow card, but that was the only trouble Kearney got from the refs.
Kearney pushed their record up to 5-2 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 11 goals over those three matches. As for Lexington, their victory bumped their record up to 7-1.
Lexington beat Kearney by a goal in their previous meeting back in April of 2021, winning 2-1. Do the Minutemen have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Bearcats turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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