Richmond fell victim to Pinecrest and their airtight defense on Tuesday. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Patriots. While losing is never fun, Richmond can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 221st, while Pinecrest are ranked 57th).
This is the second loss in a row for Richmond and nudges their season record down to 5-8-1. Admittedly, the team was facing some tough opposition over that stretch, including 10-2 Southern Lee (their opponents had an average overall winning percentage of 78.3% over those games). As for Pinecrest, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 11-4 record this season.
We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. Richmond is set to square off against their familiar foe Hoke County at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Meanwhile, Pinecrest will face off against rival Southern Lee at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
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