Preview: Carolina Forest vs. West Florence
Carolina Forest and West Florence are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2015, but likely not for long. The Carolina Forest Panthers will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against the West Florence Knights at 7:30 p.m. on March 14th. Carolina Forest's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for eight straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Wednesday just wasn't the day for Carolina Forest's offense. They suffered a tough 5-0 defeat at the hands of Lucy Beckham on Wednesday. While losing is never fun, Carolina Forest can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 86th, while Lucy Beckham is ranked 11th).
Meanwhile, West Florence had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 1.5 goals), and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They came out on top against North Myrtle Beach by a score of 3-1.
West Florence was led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Jordin Johnson and
Sarah Cashin, who scored all three of West Florence's goals. The pair have combined for a total of seven so far this season.
Carolina Forest's defeat dropped their record down to 2-7-1. As for West Florence, their victory bumped their record up to 5-2.
Carolina Forest came out on top in a nail-biter against West Florence in their previous meeting back in March of 2020, sneaking past 3-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for Carolina Forest since the team 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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