The Tavares Bulldogs will head out on the road to challenge the Leesburg Yellow Jackets at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Tavares is looking to tack another W on to their season record, something they couldn't quite do against South Sumter on Thursday. Neither Tavares nor South Sumter could gain the upper hand so the two teams had to settle for a 2-2 draw.
Rylei Lashinske and Abigail McCarthy scored both of Tavares' goals, bringing their combined season tally to 13 goals.
Meanwhile, Leesburg was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They lost 8-0 to Lecanto. While losing is never fun, the Yellow Jackets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 524th, while the Panthers are ranked 120th).
Tavares' draw makes their record 2-5-1 this season. As for Leesburg, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-8-1.
Tavares skirted past Leesburg 3-2 when the teams last played back in November. The rematch might be a little tougher for Tavares since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
