INVERNESS — The Lecanto women soccer crew scored thrice within the second half to earn a 4-1 victory over county rival Citrus on Tuesday evening.
The groups went into halftime deadlocked at 1-1.
Early objectives within the second half from Jayliana Lopez Neumann and Gabbi Malmberg — each on assists from Peyton Dison — gave the Panthers a 3-1 benefit. Malmberg added an unassisted purpose later within the half for the ultimate margin of victory.
Lopez Neumann scored the lone first half purpose for Lecanto, whereas Citrus bought a purpose within the opening 40 minutes from Brooke Grace. Riley Tirrell made 15 saves in internet for the Hurricanes.
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Lecanto improved to 2-1 on the season, whereas the Hurricanes fell to 1-2.
“We went down 1-0 early within the recreation however the crew saved working arduous and tied the sport 1-1 earlier than half,” Lecanto head coach Steve Connor stated. “We moved the ball nicely all through the sport and had been lastly in a position to rating extra objectives. Modified the formation and moved gamers round to search out the appropriate mixture. We nonetheless have extra work to do.”
Lecanto’s Malmberg completed the evening with two objectives and an help, Lopez Neumann had a pair of objectives and Dison had two assists.
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