The Lakeside Dragons's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Cornerstone Christian Patriots at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Cornerstone Christian better have a healthy lead at halftime, because if last week is any indication, that's when Lakeside really get things going. Lakeside's defense stepped up to hand Brooklyn a 3-0 shutout on Tuesday. Baileigh Wimer had the honor of scoring the game-winner for the Dragons.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Cornerstone Christian). They blew past Euclid 11-0 on Monday. Considering the Patriots have won four matchups by more than two goals this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Cornerstone Christian used a slightly different lineup for their bout with Euclid. Three players hit the pitch for the first time this season: Kaylyn Suszek, Hallie Burkholder, and Iyaunah Clark. The new lineup might be seeing more playing time going forward considering the group combined for a total of three goals.
The victory got Lakeside back to even at 6-6-2. As for Cornerstone Christian, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 5-6-1.
Lakeside came up short against Cornerstone Christian in their previous matchup back in August of 2015, falling 2-0. Can Lakeside avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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