Soccer Game Preview: Mallard Creek Hits the Road

By Team Reports Apr 28, 2024, 2:21am

Soccer Preview: Mallard Creek vs. Hough

Mallard Creek is 0-10 against Hough since May of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Mallard Creek Mavericks will head out on the road to challenge the Hough Huskies at 7:00 p.m. Mallard Creek is looking to tack on another W to their four-game streak on the road.

Mallard Creek can now show off six landslide victories after their most recent match on Tuesday. They never let North Mecklenburg onto the board and left with an 8-0 win. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for Mallard Creek considering their one-goal performance the matchup before.

Meanwhile, Hough faced Heritage in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Hough skirted past Heritage 1-0. The victory was nothing new for Hough as they're now sitting on five straight.

Their one-goal win came courtesy of Sarah Funderburk, who's now up to 12 this season.

Mallard Creek is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 6-7-1 record this season. As for Hough, their win bumped their record up to 16-1-1.

Mallard Creek suffered a grim 9-0 defeat to Hough when the teams last played back in March. Can Mallard Creek avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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