Soccer Preview: Hoggard vs. South Brunswick
Hoggard has gone 10-0 against South Brunswick recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Hoggard Vikings will square off against the South Brunswick Cougars at 6:00 p.m. Hoggard is coming into the game hot, having won their last five games.
Hoggard is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of North Carolina's top teams: Laney, who was ranked 23rd in their home state at the time (Hoggard was ranked third). Hoggard walked away with a 3-1 victory over Laney on Thursday. That's two games straight that the Vikings have won by exactly two goals.
They hit Laney with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Clark Beery,
Ari Tanner, and Tanner.
Meanwhile, South Brunswick has been on a difficult stretch since their win on August 20. They and North Brunswick finished up their match with a 1-1 draw on Thursday. The win was some much needed relief for the Cougars as it spelled an end to their four-game losing streak.
Hoggard's victory bumped their record up to 8-1. With that draw, South Brunswick's record moves to 2-6-2.
Everything went Hoggard's way against South Brunswick when the teams last played back in October of 2023, as Hoggard made off with a 6-0 win. Will Hoggard repeat their success, or does South Brunswick have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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