Soccer Preview: Croatan vs. West Carteret
Croatan is 10-0 against West Carteret since October of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Croatan Cougars are taking a road trip to square off against the West Carteret Patriots at 6:00 p.m. Croatan will be strutting in after a win while West Carteret will be coming in after a defeat.
It was a proper cat-fight when Croatan faced off against Richlands on Monday. Croatan came out on top against Richlands by a score of 4-2.
Meanwhile, West Carteret was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their sixth straight loss. They fell just short of Swansboro by a score of 2-1. While losing is never fun, the Patriots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 325th, while the Pirates are ranked 101st).
West Carteret's goal came courtesy of
Tucker Dickinson, who's now up to three this season.
Croatan is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-8-3 record this season. As for West Carteret, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-11.
Croatan beat West Carteret 2-0 in their previous meeting two weeks ago. The rematch might be a little tougher for Croatan 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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