After flying high against Marshall last Friday, Texas came back down to earth. The Texas Tigers came up short against the Jacksonville Fightin' Indians on Tuesday, falling 5-1. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 317th, while the Fightin' Indians are ranked 42nd).
Texas' goal came courtesy of Karla Vasquez, who's now up to seven this season.
Texas' defeat was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 7-7. As for Jacksonville, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 14 contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 18-1 record this season.
A feisty cat fight will be fought as Texas challenge Lufkin at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Jacksonville, they will host Mt. Pleasant at 6:15 p.m. on Friday. Jacksonville is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.1 goals per game this season.
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