The Peninsula Seahawks are taking a road trip to challenge the Lakes Lancers at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Peninsula will be looking to extend their current nine-game winning streak.
Peninsula's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against North Thurston , sneaking past 1-0. Given the Seahawks' advantage in MaxPreps' Washington soccer rankings (they are ranked 24th, while the Rams are ranked 200th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Lakes' match on Thursday was close up to the half, which is when they kicked things up a notch. Everything went their way against Timberline as Lakes made off with a 4-1 victory. The Lancers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four games by three goals or more this season.
They hit Timberline with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Zarra Kelly (2),
Braelyn Carey, and
Angela Saldana.
Peninsula pushed their record up to 9-1 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Lakes, the victory was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 8-1-2.
Peninsula beat Lakes by a goal in their previous meeting back in September, winning 5-4. The rematch might be a little tougher for Peninsula since the squad 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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