Soccer Game Preview: Lee County Heads Out

By Team Reports May 9, 2024, 5:31am

Soccer Preview: Lee County vs. Union Pines

Lee County has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will take on the Union Pines Vikings at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Lee County is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 5.5 goals per game this season.

Lee County will bounce into Thursday's match after beating Pinecrest, who they hadn't topped in seven consecutive meetings. Lee County came out on top in a nail-biter against Pinecrest on Tuesday and snuck past 3-2.

Gillian Garrison and Lila Moshfegh scored all three of Lee County's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 74 goals.

Meanwhile, Union Pines can now show off 12 landslide victories after their most recent game on Tuesday. They blew past Richmond 4-0. The result kept Union Pines happy, as they haven't lost a game since April 3rd.

Lee County's victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 20-4. As for Union Pines, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-3-2 record this season.

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