The Lowndes Vikings will venture away from home to take on the Tift County Blue Devils at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
Lowndes fought the good fight in their overtime matchup against Richmond Hill on Friday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Wildcats by a score of 3-2. While losing is never fun, Lowndes can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia soccer rankings (they are ranked 131st, while Richmond Hill are ranked 44th).
Meanwhile, Tift County had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2.8 goals) and they went ahead and made it five on Friday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Rebels a 3-0 shutout. Give Tift County's defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Lowndes' loss ended a three-match streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-7-1. As for Tift County, their victory bumped their record up to 10-6.
Lowndes skirted past Tift County 2-1 in their previous meeting back in March. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Vikings 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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