Soccer Preview: A.C. Reynolds vs. Asheboro
A.C. Reynolds has enjoyed a four-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will face off against the Asheboro Blue Comets at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
A.C. Reynolds is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They never let South Point onto the board and left with a 3-0 victory. Given the Rockets' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked eighth, while the Red Raiders are ranked 88th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
A.C. Reynolds hit South Point with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Logan Ernst,
Alex Golovchuk, and
Isaac Chromey.
Meanwhile, Asheboro waltzed into their matchup on Saturday with 21 straight wins... but they left with 22. Everything went their way against the Mustangs as they made off with a 3-0 win. Give the Blue Comets' defense some credit: that's the team's fourth straight shutout.
Asheboro's victory was their 16th straight at home, which pushed their record up to 26-2. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 97 goals over those 16 matches. As for A.C. Reynolds, they are on a roll lately: they've won 16 of their last 17 games, which provided a nice bump to their 21-1-1 record this season.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
