The Weatherford Kangaroos will venture away from home to challenge the Lake Ridge Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Lake Ridge will be up against a hot Weatherford team: the squad just extended their winning streak to three. Weatherford's defense stepped up to hand North Crowley a 6-0 shutout on Friday. Given the Kangaroos' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 23rd, while the Panthers are ranked 407th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Fans were treated to a battle of the Eagles on Friday. Everything went Lake Ridge's way against Crowley as Lake Ridge made off with a 9-1 victory. With Lake Ridge ahead 4-1 at the half, the match was all but over already.
Their offense was hitting Crowley from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal. Kamoree Slater led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by herself.
Lake Ridge is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 12-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only given up four goals over those nine games. Weatherford pushed their record up to 15-0 with the win, which was their ninth straight at home.
Weatherford skirted past Lake Ridge 1-0 in their previous matchup back in February. The rematch might be a little tougher for Weatherford 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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