Eastside is 7-0 against Laurens since March of 2021, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Eastside Eagles will be playing at home against the Laurens Raiders at 5:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Eastside has three straight wins, Laurens has eight straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Eastside put the finishing touches on their sixth blowout victory of the season on Wednesday. Their defense stepped up to hand Chapman a 6-0 shutout. Given Eastside's advantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked fifth, while Chapman is ranked 81st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Eastside's offense was hitting Chapman from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Camille Carter led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, Laurens fell victim to Riverside and their airtight defense on Tuesday. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 6-0 walloping at the hands of the Warriors.
Eastside pushed their record up to 13-2 with that victory, which was their sixth straight on the road. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 24 goals over those six contests. As for Laurens, their loss dropped their record down to 0-9-1.
Everything went Eastside's way against Laurens in their previous meeting back in March as Eastside made off with a 6-0 win. Does Eastside have another victory up their sleeve, or will Laurens turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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