Lakes entered their tilt with Decatur on Tuesday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Decatur Golden Gators 2-1. The score was all tied up 1-1 at the break, but the Lancers were the better team in the second half.
Lakes was without their leading scorer, Braelyn Carey, in Tuesday's game. With Carey sidelined, Lakes had to make some changes to the lineup. Addison Knight played for 60 minutes having averaged 34.1 this season and Eliza Smith got 40 vs. an average of 25. Knight made the most of the opportunity, scoring a goal. A few more games like that and she might be seeing even more time going forward.
Lakes is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-2-3 record this season. As for Decatur, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 15-3.
Lakes will head out on the road to square off against White River at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Lakes is looking to tack on another W to their five-game streak on the road. As for Decatur, they will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Bellarmine Prep at 2:00 p.m. on November 21st.
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