The Swansboro Pirates will be playing at home against the East Duplin Panthers at 6:00 p.m. on Monday.
Swansboro and White Oak met for a duel on Wednesday where Swansboro couldn't get it done. Swansboro fell just short of White Oak by a score of 1-0. Both teams had to tread carefully at times as the refs weren't afraid to hand out yellow cards: Chase Grogg was handed one for the Pirates, while the Vikings got theirs courtesy of Tanner Farner.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for East Duplin, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Monday. They blew past Southwest Onslow 3-0 on Wednesday. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 124th, while the Stallions are ranked 273rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Yoskar Canales and
Brayan Mendez scored all three of East Duplin's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 28 goals.
Swansboro's loss dropped their record down to 11-7-4. As for East Duplin, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-6-1 record this season.
Everything went Swansboro's way against East Duplin in their previous meeting back in August of 2022, as Swansboro made off with a 7-0 victory. Will Swansboro repeat their success, or does East Duplin have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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