Soccer Preview: Newton-Conover vs. Pine Lake Prep
Newton-Conover has enjoyed the comforts of home their last four games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will square off against the Pine Lake Prep Pride at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Newton-Conover is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Monday. Their defense stepped up to hand North Surry a 3-0 shutout.
Andrea Ozuna and
Andrea Fong scored all three of Newton-Conover's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 16 goals.
Meanwhile, Pine Lake Prep scored the most goals they've had all season to find success on Monday. Everything went their way against Reidsville as Pine Lake Prep made off with an 11-0 win. Given Pine Lake Prep's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 13th, while Reidsville is ranked 416th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Newton-Conover is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-3-3 record this season. As for Pine Lake Prep, they pushed their record up to 16-1-1 with that victory, which was their eighth straight at home.
Newton-Conover came up short against Pine Lake Prep when the teams last played back in March, falling 2-0. Can Newton-Conover avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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