Soccer Preview: Lumberton vs. Jack Britt
Lumberton is 0-9-1 against Jack Britt since April of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Lumberton Pirates will head out on the road to face off against the Jack Britt Buccaneers at 6:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Lumberton fell victim to Cape Fear and their airtight defense on Friday. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 5-0 walloping at the hands of the Colts. While losing is never fun, Lumberton can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 340th, while Cape Fear is ranked 153rd).
Meanwhile, after soaring to five goals the game before, Jack Britt was a bit more limited in their game on Monday. They fell 2-0 to Gray's Creek. Considering the last time Jack Britt couldn't score was back in March, the team can't take the result too hard.
This is the second loss in a row for Lumberton and nudges their season record down to 4-4-3. As for Jack Britt, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 6-5-2.
Lumberton might still be hurting after the 5-0 defeat they got from Jack Britt in their previous matchup back in March. Can Lumberton avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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