The Lake Weir Hurricanes will head out to face off against the Crystal River Pirates at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Lake Weir will be strutting in after a win while Crystal River will be coming in after a defeat.
Lake Weir's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Dunnellon as they made off with a 3-0 victory. The contest marked Lake Weir's most dominant win of the season.
Meanwhile, Crystal River was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They might have been a little too into the holiday spirit, gifting Land O' Lakes an easy 7-0 victory. While losing is never fun, Crystal River can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 532nd, while Land O' Lakes are ranked 30th).
Crystal River's defeat dropped their record down to 2-10. As for Lake Weir, the win got them back to even at 3-3-2.
Lake Weir came out on top in a nail-biter against Crystal River in their previous meeting back in November, sneaking past 2-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Hurricanes since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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