Soccer Game Preview: Southern Wayne vs. East Wake

By Team Reports Oct 8, 2024, 6:58am

Soccer Preview: Southern Wayne vs. East Wake

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Southern Wayne and East Wake are an even 3-3 against one another since September of 2021, but likely not for long. The Southern Wayne Saints will host the East Wake Warriors at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.

Southern Wayne came up short against C.B. Aycock on Monday, falling 4-1. While losing is never fun, the Saints can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 311th, while the Golden Falcons are ranked 77th).

Meanwhile, after some red-hot attacks on offense in their last three contests, East Wake finally came back down to earth on Monday. They lost 4-1 to Smithfield-Selma. The match was up for grabs at halftime, but sadly the Warriors struggled afterwards.

Their goal came courtesy of Juan Serrano-Luna, who's now up to three this season.

This is the second loss in a row for Southern Wayne and nudges their season record down to 4-8. As for East Wake, the loss snapped their winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 6-9-1 record.

Southern Wayne suffered a grim 4-1 defeat to East Wake when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Will Southern Wayne have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more soccer content.

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