Soccer Preview: Vance County vs. Carrboro
After three games on the road, Vance County is heading back home. They will welcome the Carrboro Jaguars at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Vance County's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They blew past J.F. Webb 3-0. Given the Vipers' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 237th, while the Warriors are ranked 536th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Fernando Martinez-Zuniga and
Joel Forbes scored all three of Vance County's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 20 goals.
Meanwhile, it may have taken extra minutes to finish the job, but Carrboro ultimately got the result they hoped for on Friday. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Durham School of the Arts. Considering the Jaguars have won eight contests by more than two goals this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Vance County's win bumped their record up to 10-7. As for Carrboro, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a massive bump to their 10-4-2 record this season.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
