The Nease Panthers will challenge the Fernandina Beach Pirates at 7:20 p.m. on Friday. Nease is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.9 goals per game this season.
Nease managed to keep up with Mandarin until halftime on Thursday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Nease lost 4-1 to Mandarin. The Panthers have struggled against the Mustangs recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive lost matchup.
Nease's goal came courtesy of Icaro Behar, who's now up to four this season.
Meanwhile, Fernandina Beach earned a 4-2 victory over Hilliard on Tuesday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Pirates.
Fernandina Beach's win bumped their record up to 8-6-1. As for Nease, their loss dropped their record down to 6-5-3.
Nease was able to grind out a solid victory over Fernandina Beach when the teams last played back in January of 2024, winning 2-0. Does Nease have another victory up their sleeve, or will Fernandina Beach turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
