On Thursday West Stanly will have to hit the road after three straight games at home. They will venture away from home to challenge the Albemarle Bulldogs at 6:00 p.m. After both made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Thursday.
West Stanly's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. Everything went their way against North Stanly as West Stanly made off with a 9-0 victory.
Meanwhile, Albemarle's and South Stanly's game on Wednesday was close at halftime, but Albemarle turned on the heat in the second half with five goals. Albemarle put the hurt on South Stanly with a sharp 6-0 win. Considering the Bulldogs have won five contests by more than five goals this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
West Stanly has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 4-9 record this season. As for Albemarle, the victory got them back to even at 5-5.
Everything went West Stanly's way against Albemarle in their previous matchup back in September of 2021, as West Stanly made off with a 10-1 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for West Stanly 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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