Soccer Preview: Pender vs. South Columbus
Pender is 9-0 against South Columbus since August of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Pender Patriots will be playing at home against the South Columbus Stallions at 6:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Pender has three straight wins, South Columbus has eight straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Last Wednesday, Pender made easy work of East Columbus and carried off a 7-1 victory. Considering the Patriots have won six games by more than two goals this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
They hit East Columbus with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Aidan Murray (4),
Adrian Torres, and
Elvis Hernandez.
Meanwhile, South Columbus fell victim to East Bladen and their airtight defense on Wednesday. They fell just short of the Eagles by a score of 1-0. That's two games in a row now that the Stallions have lost by just one goal.
Pender's win bumped their record up to 8-3. As for South Columbus, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-8.
Everything went Pender's way against South Columbus in their previous meeting back in October of 2023 as Pender made off with a 7-0 victory. Will Pender repeat their success, or does South Columbus have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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