The Lake Weir Hurricanes are taking a road trip to challenge the Leesburg Yellow Jackets at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Lake Weir has struggled recently with three defeats in a row, while Leesburg will arrive with four straight victories.
Lake Weir is likely headed into the match with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Belleview on Wednesday. Lake Weir fell just short of Belleview by a score of 1-0.
Meanwhile, Leesburg's game on Thursday was all tied up 0-0 at the half, but luckily for them it didn't stay that way. Their defense stepped up to hand Tavares a 2-0 shutout. Give the Yellow Jackets' defense some credit: that's the team's fourth straight shutout.
William Henderson was the driving force of Leesburg's attack as he scored both of Leesburg's goals, bringing his season total up to two goals.
Leesburg has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-1-1 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 24 goals over those six contests. As for Lake Weir, they now have a losing record at 2-3-1.
Lake Weir was able to grind out a solid win over Leesburg in their previous meeting back in January of 2022, winning 4-2. Will Lake Weir repeat their success, or does Leesburg have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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