The South Sumter Raiders will challenge the Hernando Leopards at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (South Sumter has three straight victories, Hernando has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
South Sumter's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They had just enough and edged Crystal River out 1-0. The Raiders' defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last three matches.
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 0-0 at halftime, Hernando was not quite Bishop McLaughlin Catholic's equal in the second half on Friday. They fell just short of the Hurricanes by a score of 1-0. While losing is never fun, the Leopards can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 399th, while the Hurricanes are ranked 164th).
The win got South Sumter back to even at 6-6-5. As for Hernando, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-10-1.
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