Despite a phenomenal run in the regular season, Springstead couldn't carry that success into this playoff game. They fell just short of the New Smyrna Beach Barracudas by a score of 2-1 on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 114th, while the Barracudas are ranked 28th).
Springstead's defeat dropped their record down to 15-4-1. As for New Smyrna Beach, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-1-6 record this season.
Springstead does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for New Smyrna Beach, they will challenge River Ridge at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with River Ridge sitting on four straight wins and New Smyrna Beach on five.
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