Soccer Preview: Western Alamance vs. Orange
Western Alamance is on a seven-game streak of home wins, while Orange is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Western Alamance Warriors will face off against the Orange Panthers at 6:45 p.m. on Monday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Western Alamance and Southern Alamance met for a duel on Wednesday where Western Alamance prevailed. Western Alamance's defense stepped up to hand Southern Alamance a 9-0 shutout. The Warriors might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine matchups by three goals or more this season.
Their offense was hitting Southern Alamance from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Grant Bacchus led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Orange got the win against Eastern Alamance on Wednesday by a conclusive 7-0. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 127th, while the Eagles are ranked 481st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Western Alamance's record now sits at 12-1. As for Orange, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season.
Western Alamance beat Orange 2-0 in their previous meeting back in September. Does Western Alamance have another victory up their sleeve, or will Orange turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
