The Santa Fe Raiders will challenge the Palatka Panthers at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Santa Fe is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.1 goals per game this season.
Santa Fe will roll into the game after a wild two-game stretch: they didn't score any goals last Thursday, then bounced right back against Gainesville last Friday. Everything went Santa Fe's way against Gainesville as Santa Fe made off with a 5-2 win. Given the Raiders' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 106th, while the Hurricanes are ranked 299th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Santa Fe's offense was hitting Gainesville from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Palatka had no problem doing just that on Friday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the Colts 3-2.
Palatka's win bumped their record up to 5-14-2. As for Santa Fe, their victory bumped their record up to 11-3-2.
Santa Fe beat Palatka 3-1 when the teams last played back in December of 2019. The rematch might be a little tougher for Santa Fe since the team 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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