Soccer Preview: South Rowan vs. Lake Norman Charter
South Rowan is 0-5 against Lake Norman Charter since March of 2022 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The South Rowan Raiders will head out on the road to take on the Lake Norman Charter Knights at 6:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
South Rowan will roll into the game after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal on Friday, then bounced right back against West Rowan on Tuesday. South Rowan blew past West Rowan 5-1. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 4-0.
South Rowan hit West Rowan with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Peyton Bell (2),
Ella Morgan,
Paige Endicott, and
Sophie Steedley.
Meanwhile, Lake Norman Charter waltzed into their contest on Tuesday with 11 straight wins... but they left with 12. Their defense stepped up to hand the Vikings a 4-0 shutout. Lake Norman Charter's defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last three matches.
South Rowan is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-5 record this season. As for Lake Norman Charter, their win was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 12-2-1.
South Rowan suffered a grim 9-0 defeat to Lake Norman Charter when the teams last played back in March. Can South Rowan avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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