Soccer Preview: Lake Norman Charter vs. Central Cabarrus
Lake Norman Charter is 5-0 against Central Cabarrus since April of 2022, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Lake Norman Charter Knights will head out on the road to square off against the Central Cabarrus Vikings at 6:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Central Cabarrus is hoping to do on Tuesday what West Rowan couldn't on Friday: put an end to Lake Norman Charter's winning streak, which now stands at 11 games. Lake Norman Charter's defense stepped up to hand West Rowan a 9-0 shutout. Given Lake Norman Charter's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 81st, while West Rowan is ranked 354th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Lake Norman Charter's offense was hitting West Rowan from everywhere, as seven different players booted in a goal.
Kate Robinson led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, Central Cabarrus got the win against East Rowan on Friday by a conclusive 9-0.
Lake Norman Charter pushed their record up to 11-2-1 with that victory, which was their sixth straight at home. As for Central Cabarrus, their win bumped their record up to 9-2-1.
Everything went Lake Norman Charter's way against Central Cabarrus in their previous matchup back in March as Lake Norman Charter made off with a 3-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Lake Norman Charter since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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