Soccer Preview: Swansboro vs. Croatan
The Swansboro Pirates will stay at home for another game and welcome the Croatan Cougars at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Swansboro is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.1 goals per game this season.
Swansboro's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They blew past Coastal Christian 4-0. Chase Grogg was a massive factor in the win as he booted in three goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Croatan didn't have quite enough to beat First Flight on Thursday and fell 2-1. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 77th, while the Nighthawks are ranked 14th).
Swansboro's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 6-4-2. As for Croatan, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 6-6-2.
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