Soccer Preview: New Hanover vs. Topsail
New Hanover has gone 8-1-1 against Topsail recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The New Hanover Wildcats will challenge the Topsail Pirates at 6:00 p.m. Topsail took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on New Hanover, who comes in off a win.
New Hanover gave up the first goal last Thursday, but they didn't let that get them down. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Laney 2-1. The win was nothing new for the Wildcats as they're now sitting on three straight.
Meanwhile, Topsail and Hoggard met for a duel on Thursday where Topsail had to take the L. Topsail lost 9-1 to Hoggard. The Pirates haven't had much luck with the Vikings recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.
Topsail's goal came courtesy of
Fisher Batts, who's now up to 17 this season.
New Hanover pushed their record up to 11-6-1 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Topsail, they moved to 13-6-1 with that defeat, which also ended their five-game winning streak.
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