Soccer Preview: South Rowan vs. East Rowan
South Rowan is 10-0 against East Rowan since May of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The South Rowan Raiders will be playing at home against the East Rowan Mustangs at 6:00 p.m. Neither of those teams managed to put together many goals in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
South Rowan pushed their score to eight the last time they played they, but on Tuesday they couldn't quite do it again. They never let Concord onto the board and left with a 1-0 victory. The win was just what South Rowan needed coming off of a 7-3 defeat in their prior game.
Their one-goal win came courtesy of
Chloe Tracy, who's now up to 13 this season.
Meanwhile, East Rowan suffered a rough 10-1 loss at the hands of Northwest Cabarrus on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, East Rowan can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 387th, while Northwest Cabarrus is ranked 69th).
South Rowan pushed their record up to 6-4 with that victory, which was their third straight on the road. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 13 goals over those three matches. As for East Rowan, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 5-9.
Everything went South Rowan's way against East Rowan in their previous meeting back in March as South Rowan made off with a 9-1 win. Does South Rowan have another victory up their sleeve, or will East Rowan turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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