With a playoff game on the line, Landstown rose to the challenge on Thursday. They never let the Grassfield Grizzlies onto the board and left with a 2-0 win. Landstown's defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last eight games.
Jace McSwain was the driving force of Landstown's attack as he scored both of Landstown's goals, his season total up to 17 goals.
Grassfield was without their leading scorer, Aidan Griffiths, in Thursday's match. With Griffiths sitting this one out, Andres Pedraza got some extra time on the pitch (80 vs. his season average of 48).
Landstown pushed their record up to 16-1 with that victory, which was their sixth straight at home. As for Grassfield, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 8-8.
Landstown will square off against Western Branch at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Landstown is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.1 goals per game this season. Grassfield does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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