The Cypress Bay Lightning will take on the Somerset Academy Panthers at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Cypress Bay is headed into the game having not lost since November 19 and will look to keep things rolling. Their defense stepped up to hand Taravella a 3-0 shutout on Monday. The score was close at the half, but the Lightning pulled away in the second half with two goals.
Meanwhile, after failing to score in their last match, Somerset Academy made sure to put some goals up on the board against Franklin Academy on Monday. They put the hurt on the Panthers with a sharp 8-0 win. Given Somerset Academy's advantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 58th, while Franklin Academy is ranked 502nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Somerset Academy's offense was hitting Franklin Academy from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal. Adam Garcia led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Cypress Bay has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a massive bump to their 9-3-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 28 goals over those nine games. As for Somerset Academy, their victory bumped their record up to 12-3-2.
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