Soccer Preview: Sumter vs. Carolina Forest
Sumter is 0-10 against Carolina Forest since March of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Sumter Gamecocks will look to defend their home pitch against the Carolina Forest Panthers at 7:30 p.m. Neither Sumter nor Carolina Forest posted many goals in their last games, so it might be the defenses that decide this one.
Sumter fell victim to St. James and their airtight defense on Monday. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 10-0 walloping at the hands of the Sharks. While losing is never fun, Sumter can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 139th, while St. James is ranked 18th).
Meanwhile, Carolina Forest unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak two weeks ago. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of St. James.
This is the second loss in a row for Sumter and nudges their season record down to 2-11. As for Carolina Forest, their loss dropped their record down to 6-8-1.
Sumter might still be hurting after the 5-0 defeat they got from Carolina Forest when the teams last played back in March. Will Sumter have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
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