Soccer Preview: Mount Pleasant vs. Gray Stone Day
Mount Pleasant is 0-6-1 against Gray Stone Day since March of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Mount Pleasant Tigers will head out on the road to face off against the Gray Stone Day Knights at 4:30 p.m. Neither Mount Pleasant nor Gray Stone Day posted many goals in their last games, so it might be the defenses that decide this one.
Mount Pleasant's offense might be in the hot seat on Wednesday considering what happened against West Stanly on Monday. They lost 6-0 to the Colts. While losing is never fun, Mount Pleasant can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 381st, while West Stanly is ranked 187th).
Meanwhile, Gray Stone Day has not lost a match since April 17th, a trend which continued in their latest game on Tuesday. They and Salisbury finished up their match with a 1-1 draw. The result (or lack thereof) was the first time Gray Stone Day has been dealt a draw since back in February.
Their goal came courtesy of
Georgia Sangster, who's now up to 20 this season.
This is the second loss in a row for Mount Pleasant and nudges their season record down to 9-7-1. With that draw, Gray Stone Day's record moves to 10-4-2.
Mount Pleasant might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Gray Stone Day in their previous matchup back in April. Can Mount Pleasant avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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