Preview: Lancaster vs. Catawba Ridge
Lancaster is 0-7 against Catawba Ridge since March of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Lancaster Bruins will head out on the road to challenge the Catawba Ridge Copperheads at 7:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Lancaster scored the most points they've had all season to find success on Tuesday. They put the hurt on South Pointe with a sharp 4-1 victory. The team's offensive explosion also rewarded Lancaster with their most commanding win of the season.
They hit South Pointe with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Brian Sanchez,
Patrick Luna,
Roger Orellana Arce, and
Steven Pineda.
Meanwhile, Catawba Ridge stacked a fifth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. Their defense stepped up to hand York a 7-0 shutout. Given Catawba Ridge's advantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 15th, while York is ranked 152nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Lancaster's victory bumped their record up to 3-5. As for Catawba Ridge, the win (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 8-2.
Lancaster suffered a grim 8-0 defeat to Catawba Ridge when the teams last played back in April of 2023. Can Lancaster avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
