Soccer Preview: Topsail vs. North Brunswick
Topsail is 10-0 against North Brunswick since October of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Topsail Pirates will square off against the North Brunswick Scorpions at 6:00 p.m. Topsail is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3 goals per game this season.
On Thursday, Topsail sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over Ashley. Even though the Pirates got in a bit of trouble with the refs ( Sam Baer was handed a red card), the team managed to overcome the adversity.
Topsail hit Ashley with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Alex West,
Tully Dugan, and
Benjamin Moore.
Meanwhile, Thursday just wasn't the day for North Brunswick's offense. They came up short against Laney on Thursday, falling 4-0. While losing is never fun, the Scorpions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 266th, while the Buccaneers are ranked 48th).
Topsail's win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 15-6-1. As for North Brunswick, they have been struggling recently as they've lost eight of their last ten games, which put a noticeable dent in their 7-11-2 record this season.
Topsail took their victory against North Brunswick in their previous meeting on October 3rd by a conclusive 9-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Topsail 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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