Soccer Game Preview:

The Mallard Creek Mavericks will head out on the road to square off against the North Mecklenburg Vikings at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Mallard Creek is no doubt hoping to put an end to a four-game streak of away losses.

Mallard Creek is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They took a 4-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of Hopewell on Wednesday. While losing is never fun, the Mavericks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 419th, while the Titans are ranked 64th).

Meanwhile, after low-scoring totals in their previous three contests, North Mecklenburg brought some dynamite into their most recent contest. Everything went their way against Harding University on Wednesday as North Mecklenburg made off with an 8-1 win. With the Vikings ahead 5-0 at the half, the matchup was all but over already.

Their offense was hitting Harding University from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal. Jonah Meier led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by himself.

Mallard Creek's defeat dropped their record down to 1-6. As for North Mecklenburg, the victory snapped their losing streak at three games and leaves them with a 3-8 record.

Mallard Creek might still be hurting after the 8-0 loss they got from North Mecklenburg when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can Mallard Creek avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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