Pine Ridge is 9-0-1 against Mainland since January of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Pine Ridge Panthers will challenge the Mainland Buccaneers at 6:00 p.m. Neither squad made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Pine Ridge is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Winter Springs just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Monday. They came up short against the Bears, falling 7-0. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 243rd, while the Bears are ranked 92nd).
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 0-0 at halftime, Mainland was not quite Crescent City's equal in the second half on Monday. They fell just short of the Raiders by a score of 2-1.
Mainland's defeat was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 2-4. As for Pine Ridge, they now have a losing record at 3-4.
Everything went Pine Ridge's way against Mainland when the teams last played back in November, as Pine Ridge made off with a 7-1 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Pine Ridge since the team 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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