The Leesburg Yellow Jackets will take on the Lecanto Panthers at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a three-game winning streak alive.
Leesburg's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed last Friday. Everything went their way against Citrus as Leesburg made off with a 4-0 win. The Yellow Jackets might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight contests by three goals or more this season.
They hit Citrus with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Jesus Hernandez (2), Joseph Mendoza, and M'Zou Pierre.
Meanwhile, it's playoff time, and Lecanto had no trouble coming through when it counted. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Belleview 5-4. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Panthers considering their one-goal performance the game before.
Leesburg's win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-2-1. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up one goal over those seven matches. As for Lecanto, their victory bumped their record up to 9-5.
Leesburg took their win against Lecanto when the teams last played on January 9th by a conclusive 5-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Leesburg since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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