Soccer Preview: Hickory Ridge vs. Lake Norman
Hickory Ridge is on a six-game streak of home wins, while Lake Norman is on a five-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Hickory Ridge Ragin' Bulls will welcome the Lake Norman Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Hickory Ridge is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.2 goals per game this season.
Hickory Ridge's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They put the hurt on South Iredell with a sharp 9-0 victory. The Ragin' Bulls might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five matchups by three goals or more this season.
Their offense was hitting South Iredell from everywhere, as eight different players booted in a goal.
Kyle Matthews led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Lake Norman narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past West Cabarrus 1-0. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 12th, while the Wolverines are ranked 161st), the result on Thursday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Hickory Ridge is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which lines up perfectly with their 12-2-1 record this season. As for Lake Norman, their victory bumped their record up to 15-2-1.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
