North Iredell is on a eight-game streak of home wins, while Hickory is on a six-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The North Iredell Raiders will welcome the Hickory Red Tornadoes at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
North Iredell's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They walked away with a 2-0 victory over North Lincoln. Give the Raiders' defense some credit: that's the team's fourth straight shutout.
Harley Cape and
Isaias Hernandez scored both of North Iredell's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 11 goals.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Hickory). They put the hurt on St. Stephens with a sharp 5-0 win on Wednesday. Given the Red Tornadoes' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 79th, while the Indians are ranked 278th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
North Iredell has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-3-2 record this season. As for Hickory, their victory bumped their record up to 13-3.
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