Soccer Preview: Asheboro vs. East Lincoln
The Asheboro Blue Comets have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the East Lincoln Mustangs at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Asheboro is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. Their defense stepped up to hand Pisgah a 4-0 shutout. Given the Blue Comets' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 20th, while the Bears are ranked 125th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Asheboro hit Pisgah with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Cam Letterlough (2),
Diego Bustamante, and
Ozmar Martinexz.
Meanwhile, East Lincoln entered their tilt with Hibriten on Thursday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They were the clear victor by a 5-0 margin over the Panthers. The Mustangs found success even though the refs didn't miss a thing: Brody Felts and Dominic St. John were both handed yellow cards.
East Lincoln has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 18 of their last 19 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 22-2-2 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only given up eight goals over those 19 contests. As for Asheboro, their win was their 15th straight at home, which pushed their record up to 25-2.
Asheboro skirted past East Lincoln 1-0 when the teams last played back in November of 2022. Will Asheboro repeat their success, or does East Lincoln have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
