Gulf hasn't had much luck against River Ridge recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Gulf Buccaneers are taking a road trip to take on the River Ridge Royal Knights at 6:30 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Gulf will roll into the contest after a wild two-game stretch: they didn't score any goals on Monday, then bounced right back against Clearwater on Tuesday. Everything went Gulf's way against Clearwater as Gulf made off with a 5-1 victory. The high-scoring performance was a welcome turnaround for the Buccaneers' offense, which had struggled in the games prior.
They hit Clearwater with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Alana Delaney (2), Kylee Coulter, Jessica Palma-Hernandez, and Olivia Voveris.
Meanwhile, River Ridge had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6 goals) and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Hornets an 8-0 shutout.
Gulf's win bumped their record up to 9-1-2. As for River Ridge, they now have a winning record of 6-5-1.
Gulf suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to River Ridge in their previous meeting back in December of 2023. Can Gulf avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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