The Lowndes Vikings will look to defend their home pitch on Tuesday against the Atkinson County Rebels at 5:30 p.m. Atkinson County took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Lowndes, who comes in off a win.
Lowndes can now show off nine landslide victories after their most recent game last Thursday. They never let Thomasville onto the board and left with a 3-0 win. Given Lowndes' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia soccer rankings (they are ranked 46th, while Thomasville is ranked 194th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Lowndes was led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Mia Strassburg and
Maddie Yarbrough, who scored all three of Lowndes' goals. The pair have combined for a total of 22 so far this season.
Meanwhile, Atkinson County fell victim to Thomasville and their airtight defense on Friday. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 7-0 walloping at the hands of the Bulldogs. The loss unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Atkinson County in their matchups with Thomasville: they've now lost six in a row.
Lowndes is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-5 record this season. As for Atkinson County, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-7.
Everything went Lowndes' way against Atkinson County in their previous matchup back in April of 2019 as Lowndes made off with a 5-0 victory. Does Lowndes have another victory up their sleeve, or will Atkinson County turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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