The Lakewood Rangers will challenge the Buckeye Bucks at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Buckeye took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Lakewood, who comes in off a win.
Lakewood's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. They came out on top against Lutheran West by a score of 2-0. Lakewood haven't had any issues with Lutheran West recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive win against them.
LLYAS AGHA and YAMAN HALAQ scored both of Lakewood's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 13 goals.
Meanwhile, Buckeye was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They lost 9-0 to Padua Franciscan. While losing is never fun, Buckeye can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 380th, while Padua Franciscan are ranked 60th).
Buckeye's loss dropped their record down to 2-12-2. As for Lakewood, their victory bumped their record up to 8-5-1.
Lakewood came out on top in a nail-biter against Buckeye in their previous matchup back in October of 2024, sneaking past 1-0. Will the Rangers repeat their success, or do the Bucks have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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