Soccer Preview: Lakewood vs. Pender
The Lakewood Leopards will venture away from home to take on the Pender Patriots at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Lakewood will be strutting in after a win while Pender will be coming in after a loss.
If Pender heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Lakewood took over last week. Lakewood skirted past Lejeune 3-2. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Leopards.
Meanwhile, Tuesday just wasn't the day for Pender's offense. They fell just short of North Brunswick by a score of 1-0 on Tuesday. The loss was a bit of a surprise, as the Patriots came into the contest with a sizable advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 117th, while the Scorpions are ranked 294th).
Lakewood's victory bumped their record up to 3-1-1. As for Pender, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-3 record this season.
Lakewood suffered a grim 6-1 defeat to Pender in their previous matchup back in August. Can Lakewood avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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