Soccer Preview: West Caldwell vs. Hibriten
West Caldwell is 1-9 against Hibriten since November of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The West Caldwell Warriors are on the road again to play the Hibriten Panthers at 6:00 p.m. West Caldwell is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.6 goals per game this season.
If West Caldwell beats Hibriten with three goals on Thursday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. West Caldwell came out on top against Community School of Davidson by a score of 3-1 last Tuesday. Given the Warriors' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 23rd, while the Spartans are ranked 184th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
West Caldwell hit Community School of Davidson with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Joel Briones,
Jayco Castro, and
Andy Galindo.
Meanwhile, Hibriten kept a clean sheet against Bunker Hill on Tuesday. They put the hurt on the Bears with a sharp 6-0 victory. The Panthers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three contests by three goals or more this season.
West Caldwell pushed their record up to 5-1 with that win, which was their third straight on the road. As for Hibriten, the victory was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 5-2.
West Caldwell beat Hibriten by a goal when the teams last played two weeks ago, winning 1-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for West Caldwell since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
