Soccer Preview: Lejeune vs. South Lenoir
The Lejeune Devil Pups's road trip will continue as they head out to face the South Lenoir Blue Devils at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. The two teams are strolling into their matches after big wins in their previous games.
Lejeune's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Liberty Christian Academy.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask South Lenoir). Everything went their way against West Craven on Wednesday as South Lenoir made off with a 9-0 victory. Given the Blue Devils' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 182nd, while the Eagles are ranked 443rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
South Lenoir's offense was hitting West Craven from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Jonathan Calixtro led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Lejeune's win bumped their record up to 2-3-1. As for South Lenoir, the victory (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 5-1-1.
Lejeune came up short against South Lenoir when the teams last played back in August, falling 2-0. Can Lejeune avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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