Soccer Preview: Currituck County vs. Holmes
Currituck County is 8-1-1 against Holmes since September of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Currituck County Knights will square off against the Holmes Aces at 5:00 p.m. Currituck County is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.2 goals per game this season.
Currituck County will bounce into Thursday's matchup after beating Manteo, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Currituck County's defense stepped up to hand Manteo a 1-0 shutout on Monday. Mason Allen had the honor of scoring the game-winner for the Knights.
Meanwhile, Holmes won against Northeastern on Thursday with nine goals and they decided to stick to that goal total again on Monday. Holmes blew past Cape Hatteras 9-0. The Aces might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won ten contests by four goals or more this season.
Currituck County is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-4 record this season. As for Holmes, they pushed their record up to 11-3 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home.
Currituck County took their victory against Holmes in their previous matchup back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 4-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Currituck County since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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