Mead has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will challenge the Lewis & Clark Tigers at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Wednesday, Mead kept a clean sheet against Cheney. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over the Blackhawks. Given Mead's advantage in MaxPreps' Washington soccer rankings (they are ranked 40th, while Cheney is ranked 132nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Lewis & Clark had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 1.8 goals), and they went ahead and made it six on Wednesday. They came out on top against the Bears by a score of 2-0. Lewis & Clark's defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last five matches.
They were led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Noah Estrada and
Hank Bishopp, who scored both of Lewis & Clark's goals. The pair have combined for a total of nine so far this season.
Mead's victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 6-3-1. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 18 goals over those six games. As for Lewis & Clark, their win bumped their record up to 9-1-1.
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