The Lafayette Lions and the Newman Greenies will compete for holiday cheer at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Lafayette is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 5.1 goals per game this season.
Lafayette is headed into the contest having not lost since November 13 and will look to keep things rolling. Their defense stepped up to hand David Thibodaux an 8-0 shutout on Thursday. The result was nothing new for the Lions, who have now won 12 matchups by three goals or more so far this season.
They hit David Thibodaux with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Brea Bailey (4), Haylan Chapman (3), and Amber Broussard.
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 0-0 at halftime, Newman was not quite Parkview Baptist's equal in the second half last Wednesday. They fell 2-0 to the Eagles. The loss was the Greenies' first of the season.
Lafayette pushed their record up to 14-1-1 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 33 goals over those six games. As for Newman, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 2-1-1.
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