Soccer Preview: Manteo vs. Cape Hatteras
Manteo is 10-0 against Cape Hatteras since October of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Manteo Redskins will venture away from home to take on the Cape Hatteras Hurricanes at 5:00 p.m. Manteo is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.8 goals per game this season.
Manteo came up short against North Pitt on Wednesday, falling 4-1. While losing is never fun, the Redskins can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 193rd, while the Panthers are ranked 22nd).
Manteo's goal came courtesy of
Anias Santiago Rayburn, which was the first he's scored this season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Cape Hatteras). They never let Pungo Christian Academy onto the board and left with a 10-0 victory on Thursday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Hurricanes.
This is the second loss in a row for Manteo and nudges their season record down to 2-3. As for Cape Hatteras, the win also got them back to even at 2-2.
Manteo took their victory against Cape Hatteras in their previous matchup last Wednesday by a conclusive 8-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Manteo 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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