Soccer Preview: J.H. Rose vs. Havelock
J.H. Rose has gone 9-1 against Havelock recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The J.H. Rose Rampants are taking a road trip to challenge the Havelock Rams at 6:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (J.H. Rose has nine straight wins, Havelock has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
J.H. Rose's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. Everything went their way against D.H. Conley as J.H. Rose made off with a 3-0 victory. The result was nothing new for the Rampants, who have now won ten contests by three goals or more so far this season.
Landen Lucas and
Julius Jones scored all three of J.H. Rose's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 40 goals.
Meanwhile, Thursday just wasn't the day for Havelock's offense. They lost 7-0 to Jacksonville on Thursday. While losing is never fun, the Rams can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 414th, while the Cardinals are ranked 84th).
J.H. Rose has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5-1 record this season. As for Havelock, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-13-1.
J.H. Rose took their win against Havelock in their previous meeting back in September by a conclusive 7-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for J.H. Rose since the team 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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