Nease hasn't had much luck against Bartram Trail recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Nease Panthers will head out on the road to challenge the Bartram Trail Bears at 7:00 p.m. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Nease is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. Their defense stepped up to hand Tocoi Creek a 2-0 shutout.
Meanwhile, Bartram Trail had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.8 goals) and they went ahead and made it five on Tuesday. They blew past the Hawks 8-0. The result was nothing new for the Bears, who have now won ten contests by three goals or more so far this season.
Their offense was hitting Horizon from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal. Ali Fletcher led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Nease is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 12 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-4-2 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 35 goals over those 12 games. As for Bartram Trail, their win bumped their record up to 14-1-4.
Nease suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Bartram Trail in their previous matchup back in February of 2021. Can Nease avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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