It was a Battle of the Birds when Triton took on Western Harnett on Monday. The Triton Hawks narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Western Harnett Eagles 2-1. Given the Hawks' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 216th, while the Eagles are ranked 484th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Ever Quintanilla and
Tzuriel Morales-Olvera scored both of Triton's goals, bringing their combined season tally to ten goals.
Triton is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-3-1 record this season. As for Western Harnett, they dropped their record down to 1-11 with the loss, which was their third straight on the road.
Triton will take on Pine Forest at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. As for Western Harnett, they will be staying on the road on Wednesday to face off against E.E. Smith at 6:00 p.m. Western Harnett is facing E.E. Smith at the right time seeing as E.E. Smith is stuck on an 11-game losing streak.
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