Nease managed to keep up with Mandarin until halftime on Thursday, but things quickly went downhill from there. The Nease Panthers lost 4-1 to the Mandarin Mustangs. 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 121st, while the Mustangs are ranked second).
Nease's goal came courtesy of Icaro Luizelli-Behar, who's now up to four this season.
Nease's loss dropped their record down to 6-5-3. As for Mandarin, their victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 13-0-2.
Nease has already played their next matchup, a 7-1 win against Fernandina Beach on the 17th. Mandarin does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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