The Liberty Hill Panthers will square off against the Rouse Raiders at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
It was a proper cat-fight when Liberty Hill duked it out with Leander on Tuesday. Liberty Hill's defense stepped up to hand Leander a 4-0 shutout. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 45th, while the Lions are ranked 275th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Liberty Hill hit Leander with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Elayna Hubbard (2), Jadyn Jones, and Gracie Garner.
Meanwhile, Rouse had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6 goals) and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by a 7-1 margin over the Grizzlies. With the Raiders ahead 3-0 at the half, the match was all but over already.
Rouse's lineup was just a bit different on Tuesday as Hannah Christopher got a bit more time on the pitch (80 vs. her season average of 43.2). Christopher 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.
Liberty Hill is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-3 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 40 goals over those 12 contests. As for Rouse, their victory bumped their record up to 13-2.
Liberty Hill came up short against Rouse when the teams last played back in January, falling 2-0. Can Liberty Hill avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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