The Durant Cougars are on the road again on Friday and plays the Windermere Wolverines at 7:00 p.m. on February 16th. The matchup should be an exciting one, as these teams are closely ranked in Florida (Durant is ranked 43rd, while Windermere is ranked 21st).
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Durant had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Bobcats a 2-0 shutout. That's two games straight that Durant has won by exactly two goals.
They were led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Austin Kartes and
Landon Gross, who scored both of Durant's goals. The pair have combined for a total of ten so far this season.
Meanwhile, Windermere had just enough and edged Olympia out 3-2 on Tuesday. Even though Windermere was hit with a red card (from Sebastian Fernandez), the team's aggressive strategy still got them the 'W'.
Allan Gesualdo, who's played more minutes than anyone else on the Windermere squad sat out for Tuesday's match. With Gesualdo sitting this one out, Alejandro Ochoa got some extra time on the pitch (80 vs. his season average of 37).
Durant's victory bumped their record up to 12-1-1. As for Windermere, their victory bumped their record up to 14-1-1.
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