Soccer Preview: Carmel Christian vs. Rabun Gap-Nacoochee
The Carmel Christian Cougars will take on the Rabun Gap-Nacoochee Eagles at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Carmel Christian sitting on three straight victories and Rabun Gap-Nacoochee on four.
Carmel Christian is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They never let Christ School onto the board and left with a 1-0 win. The victory was all the more spectacular given the Cougars' disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 49th, while the Greenies are ranked eighth).
Carmel Christian's one-goal win came courtesy of
Evan Oghra, which was the first he's scored this season.
Wesleyan Christian Academy typically has all the answers at home, but on Friday Rabun Gap-Nacoochee proved too difficult a challenge. They won by a goal and slipped past the Trojans 1-0. The Eagles' defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last three contests.
Carmel Christian has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-5 record this season. As for Rabun Gap-Nacoochee, their win bumped their record up to 14-3-3.
Carmel Christian came up short against Rabun Gap-Nacoochee in their previous matchup on October 4th, falling 5-3. Can Carmel Christian avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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