Soccer Game Preview: Lumberton on Home-Turf

By Team Reports Sep 11, 2024, 3:14am

Soccer Preview: Lumberton vs. Gray's Creek

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Lumberton is 8-2 against Gray's Creek since August of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Lumberton Pirates will be playing at home against the Gray's Creek Bears at 7:00 p.m. After both made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Wednesday.

Gray's Creek better have a healthy lead at halftime, because if last week is any indication, that's when Lumberton really get things going. Lumberton never let South View onto the board and left with a 4-0 victory on Monday. Considering the Pirates have won four matchups by more than three goals this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.

They hit South View with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Korbyn Walton (2), Justin Eleazor Lopez, and Robinhio Tanis.

Meanwhile, Gray's Creek hasn't lost a match since August 21st, a trend which continued in their latest game on Monday. They put the hurt on Douglas Byrd with a sharp 5-0 win.

The victory got Lumberton back to even at 4-4-1. As for Gray's Creek, their win bumped their record up to 3-1-2.

Everything went Lumberton's way against Gray's Creek when the teams last played back in October of 2023 as Lumberton made off with a 5-0 victory. Will Lumberton repeat their success, or does Gray's Creek have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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