The Hernando Tigers will head out on the road to square off against the Lewisburg Patriots at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Hernando sitting on five straight victories and Lewisburg on nine.
Hernando is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Mississippi's top teams: Tupelo, who was ranked second at the time (Hernando was ranked 15th). Hernando beat Tupelo by a goal, winning 2-1. That's two games straight that the Tigers have won by just one goal.
Meanwhile, everything went Lewisburg's way against East Central on Friday as Lewisburg made off with a 6-2 win. The result was nothing new for the Patriots, who have now won ten matchups by three goals or more so far this season.
Lewisburg pushed their record up to 15-1 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 40 goals over those eight games. As for Hernando, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3-1 record this season.
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