The Lemon Bay Manta Rays will take on the Oasis Sharks at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Lemon Bay is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.5 goals per game this season.
Lemon Bay took a loss when they played away from home back in December of 2024, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed back in December of 2024. They never let Imagine School at North Port onto the board and left with a 1-0 win. Given the Manta Rays' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 103rd, while the Sharks are ranked 238th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Lemon Bay's one-goal win came courtesy of Paige Kirt, who's now up to six this season.
Meanwhile, Oasis hasn't lost a match since December 4, 2024, a trend which continued in their latest game on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Port Charlotte as Oasis made off with a 6-0 victory. Considering the Sharks have won 11 contests by more than three goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Oasis has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-3-2 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 53 goals over those nine games. As for Lemon Bay, their win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-3-2.
Lemon Bay was able to grind out a solid victory over Oasis in their previous matchup back in November of 2024, winning 5-3. Will Lemon Bay repeat their success, or does Oasis have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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