The Long County Blue Tide Rocket League team Flying Tide suffered its first loss of the season when they took on the Starr’s Mill Panthers on Thursday, October 8. The team struggled from the opening touch and never were able to get going in the match.

The first game was the only game where the Tide scored with Hunter Rhoden getting a goal off a deflection after the team was trailing 2-0 early on.

The Panthers outshot the Tide 13-3 in the first game as they fell 4-1. Louby Richard had three saves in the game.

The Panthers won the next two games 5-0 and 3-0, outshooting the Tide 16-1 across the two games.

With the 3-0 loss, the Tide fall to 2-1 on the season. They will be back on the sticks on Thursday, October 15 and hope to have leading scorer Landen Pendleton back for that match.