Preview: Carolina Forest vs. St. James
The Carolina Forest Panthers will head out on the road to take on the St. James Sharks at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Carolina Forest had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3 goals), and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. Everything went their way against the Braves as they made off with a 5-1 victory. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 3-0.
Carolina Forest hit Socastee with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Kassi Javetski (3),
Annika Rauhut, and
Jessie Parrott.
Meanwhile, St. James scored the most goals they've had all season to find success on Friday. Their defense stepped up to hand Conway a 10-0 shutout. Given St. James' advantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 14th, while Conway is ranked 116th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Carolina Forest's win bumped their record up to 6-7-1. As for St. James, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season.
Carolina Forest came up short against St. James when the teams last played back in April of 2023, falling 2-0. Can Carolina Forest avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
