Soccer Preview: Mount Pleasant vs. Albemarle
Mount Pleasant is 6-0 against Albemarle since March of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Mount Pleasant Tigers will head out on the road to face off against the Albemarle Bulldogs at 6:00 p.m. Mount Pleasant is strutting in with some offensive muscle, as they've averaged 2.9 goals per game this season.
Mount Pleasant is hoping to deliver their fans another blowout on Wednesday, just like they did against South Stanly (and have done all season long). Mount Pleasant put the hurt on South Stanly with a sharp 7-0 victory on Monday. The high-scoring effort was just what Mount Pleasant needed considering they were shutout in their previous game.
Their offense was hitting South Stanly from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Stephany Perez led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, Albemarle was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. Their rough 9-0 loss to Union Academy might stick with them for a while. While losing is never fun, Albemarle can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 498th, while Union Academy is ranked 216th).
Mount Pleasant's win bumped their record up to 7-5-1. As for Albemarle, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-8.
Mount Pleasant came out on top in a nail-biter against Albemarle in their previous meeting back in March, sneaking past 2-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mount Pleasant since the squad 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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