Soccer Preview: Union Pines vs. Hoke County
Union Pines is 10-0 against Hoke County since March of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Union Pines Vikings will head out on the road to challenge the Hoke County Bucks at 7:00 p.m. Union Pines is coming into the match hot, having won their last eight games.
Union Pines can now show off nine landslide victories after their most recent game on Wednesday. Everything went their way against Cape Fear as Union Pines made off with a 5-2 win. Grace Queen had to tread lightly for part of the match after she was hit with a yellow card, but that was the only trouble Union Pines got from the refs.
Union Pines hit Cape Fear with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Queen (2),
Taryn Pekala,
Kylie DiMayo, and
Madeline Huttmann.
Meanwhile, Hoke County came up short against Southern Lee on Tuesday and fell 3-1. Mimi Mathews was hit with a yellow card, which may have had some impact on her (and the team's) ability to make aggressive plays.
Union Pines pushed their record up to 12-3-1 with that victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Hoke County, they have not been sharp recently as the team has lost six of their last eight matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-9-3 record this season.
Union Pines took their win against Hoke County in their previous matchup last Monday by a conclusive 7-2. In that contest, Union Pines amassed a halftime lead of 5-1, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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