The West Orange Warriors had already proven themselves in the regular season, and didn't miss a beat now that it's playoff time. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Mandarin 3-2. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but West Orange was the better team in the second half.
They were led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Finlay Prain and
Nikolas Sirois, who scored all three of West Orange's goals. The pair have combined for a total of 19 so far this season.
West Orange is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-4-2 record this season. As for Mandarin, their defeat ended a nine-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 19-1-2.
West Orange will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against Doral Academy at 7:00 p.m. on February 29th. Doral Academy is on a five-game streak of home wins, West Orange a three-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the pitch. Mandarin does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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