The Covenant Day Lions will head out on the road to square off against the Charlotte Christian Knights at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Charlotte Christian took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Covenant Day, who comes in off a win.
Covenant Day is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of North Carolina's top teams: Charlotte Country Day School, who was ranked 19th in their home state at the time (Covenant Day was ranked 23rd). Covenant Day skirted past Charlotte Country Day School 2-1.
B Hylton was the driving force of Covenant Day's attack as she scored both of Covenant Day's goals, her season total up to 12 goals.
Meanwhile, Tuesday just wasn't the day for Charlotte Christian's offense. They lost 8-0 to Charlotte Latin on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, Charlotte Christian can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 139th, while Charlotte Latin is ranked third).
Covenant Day's win bumped their record up to 9-6. As for Charlotte Christian, they have been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five games, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-11 record this season.
Covenant Day took their victory against Charlotte Christian in their previous meeting back in April by a conclusive 6-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Covenant Day 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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