Soccer Preview: East Rowan vs. South Rowan
East Rowan is 0-10 against South Rowan since May of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The East Rowan Mustangs will head out on the road to take on the South Rowan Raiders at 6:00 p.m. Neither East Rowan nor South Rowan posted many goals in their last games, so it might be the defenses that decide this one.
Last Tuesday, East Rowan fell victim to a tough 10-1 loss at the hands of Northwest Cabarrus. 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).
East Rowan's goal came courtesy of
Lillian Jeffers, who's now up to nine this season.
Meanwhile, South Rowan pushed their score to eight the last time they played they, but on Tuesday they couldn't quite do it again. They won by a goal and slipped past Concord 1-0. The victory was just what South Rowan needed coming off of a 7-3 defeat in their prior matchup.
This is the second loss in a row for East Rowan and nudges their season record down to 5-9. As for South Rowan, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a massive bump to their 6-4 record this season.
East Rowan suffered a grim 9-1 defeat to South Rowan in their previous meeting back in March. Can East Rowan avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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