Soccer Preview: Laney vs. New Hanover
The Laney Buccaneers will venture away from home to challenge the New Hanover Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Laney's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They walked away with a 2-0 win over Ashley. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Buccaneers.
Meanwhile, New Hanover got the win against North Brunswick on Thursday by a conclusive 3-0. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 89th, while the Scorpions are ranked 272nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
New Hanover hit North Brunswick with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Tre Bennett,
Otto Baltbardis, and
Jaedon Moser.
Laney is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5-1 record this season. As for New Hanover, their victory ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 9-6-1.
Laney beat New Hanover 3-1 in their previous matchup back in September. The rematch might be a little tougher for Laney since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
