Soccer Recap: West Brunswick Takes a Loss

West Brunswick came into their game on Thursday off a hard-fought close win, but unfortunately suffered a serious change of fortune. They lost 9-0 to the Laney Buccaneers. While losing is never fun, West Brunswick can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 247th, while Laney are ranked 37th).

West Brunswick dropped their record down to 4-8-1 with the defeat, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Laney, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 9-4-2 record this season.

Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. West Brunswick will welcome Newton-Conover at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Newton-Conover will roll in looking for their 11th straight win, something West Brunswick surely won't give up without a fight. As for Laney, they will have some time to savor their victory since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Hoggard at 6:00 p.m. on the 23rd. Hoggard will roll in looking for their fourth straight win, something Laney surely won't give up without a fight.