Soccer Preview: Southern Wayne vs. Smithfield-Selma
The Southern Wayne Saints will head out to face off against the Smithfield-Selma Spartans at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Southern Wayne is no doubt hoping to put an end to a nine-game streak of away losses.
On Wednesday, Southern Wayne came up short against C.B. Aycock and fell 3-1. While losing is never fun, the Saints can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 385th, while the Golden Falcons are ranked 75th).
Meanwhile, Smithfield-Selma fought the good fight in their overtime contest against East Wake on Wednesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Warriors by a score of 2-1. The Spartans have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Southern Wayne's defeat dropped their record down to 5-15-1. As for Smithfield-Selma, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 12-8-1.
Southern Wayne suffered a grim 6-2 defeat to Smithfield-Selma in their previous meeting last Wednesday. Can Southern Wayne avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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