Soccer Preview: Statesville vs. East Lincoln
Statesville is 0-4 against East Lincoln since April of 2022 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Statesville Greyhounds will head out on the road to face off against the East Lincoln Mustangs at 6:00 p.m. Statesville will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps North Carolina Rankings (they are ranked 443rd, while East Lincoln is ranked 64th).
Sadly, Statesville is still looking for their first win of the season after six matches. They suffered a rough 9-0 defeat at the hands of Hickory on Tuesday. That's two games in a row now that Statesville has lost by exactly nine goals.
Meanwhile, East Lincoln waltzed into their contest on Tuesday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They were the clear victor by a 5-1 margin over the Warriors. With East Lincoln ahead 3-0 at the half, the matchup was all but over already.
They hit West Iredell with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Melody Echeverria (2),
Abbie Hege (2), and
Alayna Stoner.
Statesville's loss dropped their record down to 0-6. As for East Lincoln, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-1-3 record this season.
Statesville might still be hurting after the 5-0 defeat they got from East Lincoln in their previous meeting back in April of 2023. Can Statesville avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
