The North Lincoln Knights and the North Iredell Raiders are set to duel on Wednesday.
On Monday, North Lincoln didn't have quite enough to beat Hickory and fell 3-2. The Knights have struggled against the Red Tornadoes recently, as their game on Monday was their seventh consecutive lost matchup.
Zeph Boyd and
Bryson Banister scored both of North Lincoln's goals, bringing their combined season tally to six goals.
Meanwhile, North Iredell had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.5 goals) and they went ahead and made it three on Monday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Indians a 5-0 shutout. Given the Raiders' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 108th, while the Indians are ranked 252nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
North Lincoln now has a losing record at 6-7-3. As for North Iredell, their victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-3-2.
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