Soccer Preview: Garinger vs. East Mecklenburg
The Garinger Wildcats will venture away from home to take on the East Mecklenburg Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
East Mecklenburg is hoping to do what Butler couldn't on Tuesday: put an end to Garinger's winning streak, which now stands at seven games. Garinger's defense stepped up to hand Butler a 6-0 shutout. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 23rd, while the Bulldogs are ranked 177th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Garinger's offense was hitting Butler from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Diego Silva led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, after failing to score in their last matchup, East Mecklenburg made sure to put some goals up on the board against Rocky River on Tuesday. They put the hurt on the Ravens with a sharp 6-0 victory. Considering the Eagles' offense had been struggling lately, the high-scoring outing was a much-needed turnaround.
Garinger has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-3-1 record this season. As for East Mecklenburg, their win bumped their record up to 6-8-2.
Garinger took their victory against East Mecklenburg when the teams last played back in September by a conclusive 5-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Garinger since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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