The Lake Wales Highlanders will challenge the Mulberry Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Lake Wales has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with three straight losses, while Mulberry will come in with four straight victories.
Lake Wales fell victim to All Saints' Academy and their airtight defense last Wednesday. They lost 4-0 to the Saints. While losing is never fun, the Highlanders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 268th, while the Saints are ranked 71st).
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Mulberry had no problem doing just that on Thursday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Chargers an 8-0 shutout. The Panthers' defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last four contests.
Lake Wales' defeat dropped their record down to 4-8-1. As for Mulberry, their win bumped their record up to 6-3-2.
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