Soccer Preview: East Carteret vs. Lejeune
East Carteret has been away from home for two games now, but on Wednesday they'll finally make their return. They will host the Lejeune Devil Pups at 6:00 p.m. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
East Carteret's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They blew past Pamlico County 6-0. The victory was a breath of fresh air for the Mariners as it put an end to their three-game losing streak.
Meanwhile, Lejeune had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3 goals) and they went ahead and made it seven on Monday. Everything went their way against the Seahawks as they made off with a 3-0 win. Give the Devil Pups' defense some credit: that's the team's fifth straight shutout.
They hit Southside with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Logan Lankenau,
Hayden Soto, and
Blake Kinter.
East Carteret's victory ended a six-game drought on the road and puts them at 2-11-1. As for Lejeune, they have been performing well recently as they've won eight of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-5-1 record this season.
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