Soccer Preview: Laney vs. Topsail
Laney has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will venture away from home to take on the Topsail Pirates at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Laney's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They blew past South Brunswick 6-0. The result was nothing new for the Buccaneers, who have now won eight matches by three goals or more so far this season.
They hit South Brunswick with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Mason Israel (2),
Addison Woodcock (2),
Henry Tidey, and
Hudson Kantrowitz.
Meanwhile, Topsail hasn't lost a match since September 24th, a trend which continued in their latest game on Monday. They put the hurt on South Brunswick with a sharp 9-0 win. Given the Pirates' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 63rd, while the Cougars are ranked 365th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Topsail used a slightly different lineup for their bout with South Brunswick. Louis Pearson played for 60 minutes having averaged 35 this season and Sam Baer got 65 vs. an average of 37.2. Nathan Crager made the most of the opportunity, scoring a goal and an assist. A few more games like that and he might be seeing even more time going forward.
Laney is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-4-1 record this season. As for Topsail, they pushed their record up to 10-5-1 with the victory, which was their third straight at home.
Laney beat Topsail 2-0 in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Will Laney repeat their success, or does Topsail have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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