Soccer Preview: East Carteret vs. Pamlico County
The East Carteret Mariners will square off against the Pamlico County Hurricanes at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Both have had a bumpy ride up to this point with three consecutive losses for East Carteret and ten for Pamlico County.
East Carteret is likely headed into the match with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Southside on Monday. East Carteret fell just short of Southside by a score of 3-2. The game got a bit rough at times, as the refs handed out a total of three yellow cards before it was all over: the Mariners' Ayush Malhotra and the Seahawks' Arturo Ramos and Rayquan Blount were all carded.
Morgan Majors wasn't going to let Southside walk away unscathed as he scored both of East Carteret's goals, bringing his season total up to five goals.
Meanwhile, Pamlico County fell victim to Southside and their airtight defense on Wednesday. They came up short against the Seahawks, falling 9-0. That's two games in a row now that the Hurricanes have lost by exactly nine goals.
East Carteret's defeat dropped their record down to 1-11-1. As for Pamlico County, their loss dropped their record down to 0-10.
Everything went East Carteret's way against Pamlico County when the teams last played on October 2nd, as East Carteret made off with a 10-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for East Carteret since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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