Soccer Preview: Northwest Guilford vs. Grimsley
Northwest Guilford is 8-2 against Grimsley since May of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Northwest Guilford Vikings will be playing in front of their home fans against the Grimsley Whirlies at 7:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Grimsley is hoping to do on Thursday what Western Guilford couldn't on Tuesday: put an end to Northwest Guilford's winning streak, which now stands at four games. Northwest Guilford never let Western Guilford onto the board and left with a 4-0 victory. Northwest Guilford's defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last three contests.
They hit Western Guilford with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Rory Partyka,
Jasmine Greene,
Rachel McMulkin, and
Morgan Stallings.
Meanwhile, everything went Grimsley's way against Southeast Guilford on Tuesday as Grimsley made off with a 3-0 win. Given Grimsley's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 89th, while Southeast Guilford is ranked 319th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Northwest Guilford is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-2-2 record this season. As for Grimsley, their victory bumped their record up to 7-3-2.
Northwest Guilford was able to grind out a solid win over Grimsley when the teams last played back in March, winning 4-2. Will Northwest Guilford repeat their success, or does Grimsley have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
