Soccer Preview: Newton-Conover vs. Owen
The Newton-Conover Red Devils will venture away from home to take on the Owen Warhorses at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a seven-game winning streak alive.
Newton-Conover is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They never let East Davidson onto the board and left with a 2-0 win. Given the Red Devils' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 102nd, while the Golden Eagles are ranked 272nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Owen made easy work of Madison on Saturday and carried off an 8-1 victory. The Warhorses might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five contests by seven goals or more this season.
They hit Madison with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Spencer Woolley (3),
Davis Kendall (2),
Caden Mobley (2), and
Hudson McGuire.
Newton-Conover is on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 14 games, which provided a nice bump to their 18-5-2 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 72 goals over those 14 matchups. As for Owen, their win bumped their record up to 7-1-2.
Newton-Conover suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Owen in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Can Newton-Conover avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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