Soccer Preview: New Hanover vs. Coastal Christian
The New Hanover Wildcats will head out to square off against the Coastal Christian Centurions at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are strolling into their matches after big wins in their previous games.
New Hanover's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. Everything went their way against New Bern as New Hanover made off with a 3-0 victory. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 107th, while the Bears are ranked 401st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
New Hanover hit New Bern with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Noah Farrell,
Keinner Martinez, and
Tre Bennett.
Meanwhile, after failing to score in their last contest, Coastal Christian made sure to put some goals up on the board against Greenfield on Thursday. They put the hurt on the Knights with a sharp 4-1 win. The score was close at the half, but the Centurions pulled away in the second half with three goals.
New Hanover is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 4-2-1 record this season. As for Coastal Christian, they now have a winning record of 4-3-2.
New Hanover took their victory against Coastal Christian in their previous meeting back in August of 2023 by a conclusive 4-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for New Hanover since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
