Soccer Preview: Hillside vs. Northern Durham
Hillside is on a three-game streak of home losses, Northern Durham a seven-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck is about to change on Monday. The Hillside Hornets will host the Northern Durham Knights at 6:45 p.m. Neither squad made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Hillside's offense might be in the hot seat on Monday considering what happened against Chapel Hill on Thursday. They came up short against the Tigers, falling 7-0. While losing is never fun, the Hornets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 394th, while the Tigers are ranked 128th).
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 1-1 at halftime, Northern Durham was not quite Jordan's equal in the second half on Thursday. They fell just short of the Falcons by a score of 2-1.
Northern Durham's goal came courtesy of
Kevin Garci1, which was the first he's scored this season.
Hillside's defeat dropped their record down to 5-12-1. As for Northern Durham, their loss dropped their record down to 2-13-2.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
