The Legacy Lightning will venture away from home to square off against the Mead Mavericks at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Legacy is coming into the match fresh off a high-scoring shootout with Skyline that saw the pair combine for 18 shots on goal. Legacy's defense stepped up to hand Skyline a 7-0 shutout on Tuesday. That looming 7-0 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for Legacy yet this season.
Their offense was hitting Skyline from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal. Anaya Bursey led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, Mead gave their fans exactly what they wanted out of a home opener on Tuesday. They blew past Liberty Common 7-1. The victory continues a trend for Mead in their matchups with Liberty Common: they've now won three in a row.
The win (which was Legacy's fourth in a row) raised their record to 4-1-1. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 19 goals over those four games. As for Mead, their win bumped their record up to 1-0.
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