The Columbia Tigers are taking a road trip to square off against the Wakulla War Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Columbia will be looking to extend their current seven-game winning streak.
Columbia's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They walked away with a 2-0 win over Santa Fe. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 131st, while the Raiders are ranked 412th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Laelle Thompson was the driving force of Columbia's attack as she scored both of Columbia's goals, bringing her season total up to four goals.
Meanwhile, Wakulla's game on Wednesday was all tied up 0-0 at the half, but luckily for them it didn't stay that way. They had just enough and edged St. John Paul II out 1-0.
Columbia pushed their record up to 9-1 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. As for Wakulla, their win bumped their record up to 4-2-1.
Columbia was able to grind out a solid victory over Wakulla when the teams last played back in November, winning 2-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Columbia 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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