Soccer Recap: Atkins vs. Southern Guilford
In what's become a running theme this season, Atkins gave their fans yet another huge victory on Thursday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Southern Guilford Storm a 9-0 shutout. Atkins' defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last nine games.
Their offense was hitting Southern Guilford from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Charlise Grimes led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by herself.
Atkins pushed their record up to 11-3-1 with that win, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Southern Guilford, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-16.
Atkins will head out on the road to square off against Eastern Guilford at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully Atkins is not getting complacent considering they own a much higher rank in North Carolina (they are ranked 165th, while Eastern Guilford is ranked 418th). As for Southern Guilford, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Dudley at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Southern Guilford has given up an average of 6 goals per game this season, so hopefully the team got some defensive drills in this week.
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