Soccer Preview: Butler vs. Lake Norman
Butler is on a three-game streak of home wins, while Lake Norman is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Butler Bulldogs will welcome the Lake Norman Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Lake Norman took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Butler, who comes in off a win.
On Wednesday, everything went Butler's way against Ballantyne Ridge as Butler made off with a 4-1 win. Given the Bulldogs' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 189th, while Wolves are ranked 432nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, after a string of six wins, Lake Norman's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They fell just short of Ardrey Kell by a score of 2-1. The game got a bit rough at times, as the refs handed out a total of three yellow cards before it was all over: the Wildcats' Gareth Siemers and Robert De Roy and the Knights' Hariharan Erady were all carded.
Lake Norman's goal came courtesy of Siemers, which was the first he's scored this season.
Butler now has a winning record of 4-3. As for Lake Norman, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-2.
Butler came up short against Lake Norman in their previous meeting back in September of 2021, falling 2-0. Can Butler avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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