Farmington snapped their recent scoring drought in a big way, securing home field for the postseason by beating Lakeville North 5-4 on Wednesday.
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The Tigers had not scored in their last two matches, but made up for it with their best scoring output of the season
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Thomas Zuzek found
Ivan Ruiz with a through ball for the first goal of the contest. A mix up gave North their first goal of the contest as
Alex Giddings was out of the net and passed it to
Nyikway Okongo who had it deflect off of him into their own net, own goal and a 1-1 tie.
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The offense came through again however with
Colin Leech finding the back of the net. Farmington took a 2-1 lead to halftime.
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Jacob Kiage joined the scoring party in the first minute of the second half, making it 3-1 Tigers. North had their first offensive goal of the night moments later, cutting it to 3-2.
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The Tigers responded with Zuzek tacking on a goal to his night, Tigers went back up by two goals 4-2. However, the Panthers would not go away and cut it right back to a one goal game 4-3.
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Ruiz tacked on his second goal of the night to put the Panthers away, but not before they would notch one more goal on the night. The offense-heavy match ended in favor of the Tigers 5-4.
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They head on the road on Saturday to wrap up the regular season before getting ready for a home match in the postseason.