Soccer Game Preview: Heritage vs. Wake Forest

The Heritage Huskies will square off against the Wake Forest Cougars on Thursday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a three-game winning streak alive.

Heritage's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Wakefield, sneaking past 1-0. The final result isn't all the surprising considering Heritage's considerable advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 11th, while Wakefield are ranked 76th).

Meanwhile, Wake Forest hadn't done well against Millbrook recently (they were 1-7-1 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. While the 1-1 score might suggest a draw, it was the Cougars who were credited with the victory. Wake Forest got it done in the shootout by posting four goals to Millbrook's two.

Wake Forest's win bumped their record up to 15-1-5. As for Heritage, their victory bumped their record up to 12-1-6.