The Tarpon Springs Spongers will face off against the Tampa Catholic Crusaders at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Tarpon Springs came up short against Northeast on Tuesday, falling 8-1. Things were pretty much settled by the half as the Spongers were already down 3-0.
Meanwhile, Tampa Catholic managed to keep up with Land O' Lakes until halftime on Friday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Tampa Catholic lost 6-0 to Land O' Lakes. While losing is never fun, the Crusaders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 276th, while the Gators are ranked 102nd).
Tampa Catholic was without their leading scorer, Mia Sanchez, in Friday's match. With Sanchez sitting this one out, Jada Johnson got some extra time on the pitch (80 vs. her season average of 42.4).
Tampa Catholic has been struggling recently as they've lost eight of their last ten contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-11-1 record this season. As for Tarpon Springs, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 5-8-1.
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