Soccer Preview: Topsail vs. South Brunswick
The Topsail Pirates will be playing in front of their home fans against the South Brunswick Cougars at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Topsail has four straight victories, South Brunswick has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
In what's become a running theme this season, Topsail gave their fans yet another huge win on Friday. Their defense stepped up to hand North Brunswick an 8-0 shutout. Given Topsail's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 36th, while North Brunswick is ranked 298th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for South Brunswick's offense. They lost 8-0 to Laney on Friday.
Topsail's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 12-4-1. As for South Brunswick, they now have a losing record at 6-7-1.
Topsail beat South Brunswick 5-3 in their previous matchup last Friday. Will Topsail repeat their success, or does South Brunswick have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
