The Columbia Tigers will challenge the Lafayette Hornets at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Columbia is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. Their defense stepped up to hand Suwannee a 3-0 shutout on Monday. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 149th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 320th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Columbia hit Suwannee with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Nathan Matsubara,
Robert Shotwell, and
Peyton Palmer.
Meanwhile, Lafayette got the win against Dixie County on Friday by a conclusive 4-0.
Columbia now has a winning record of 3-2-2. As for Lafayette, the victory got them back to even at 2-2.
Columbia was able to grind out a solid win over Lafayette in their previous meeting back in November of 2021, winning 3-1. Will Columbia repeat their success, or does Lafayette have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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