Soccer Preview: New Hanover vs. West Brunswick
New Hanover is 10-0 against West Brunswick since September of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The New Hanover Wildcats have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the West Brunswick Trojans at 6:00 p.m. West Brunswick took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on New Hanover, who comes in off a win.
New Hanover's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They blew past North Brunswick 3-0. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 88th, while the Scorpions are ranked 232nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
New Hanover hit North Brunswick with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Miles Bickel,
Keinner Martinez, and
Jeremy Ferraro.
Meanwhile, West Brunswick was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their sixth straight defeat. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Topsail. That's two games in a row now that the Trojans have lost by exactly two goals.
New Hanover's win bumped their record up to 7-4-1. As for West Brunswick, their loss dropped their record down to 4-7.
New Hanover took their victory against West Brunswick in their previous matchup back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 5-0. Will New Hanover repeat their success, or does West Brunswick have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
