Mooresville is 1-9 against Cox Mill since August of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Mooresville Blue Devils will venture away from home to take on the Cox Mill Chargers at 7:00 p.m. After both made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Tuesday.
Mooresville will roll into the contest after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal on Wednesday, then bounced right back against Central Cabarrus on Thursday. Mooresville never let Central Cabarrus onto the board and left with a 5-0 win. It was an even better day for Payton Popp as he scored three goals for his team.
Meanwhile, it may have taken extra minutes to finish the job, but Cox Mill ultimately got the result they hoped for on Thursday. They put the hurt on West Cabarrus with a sharp 4-0 victory. Given the Chargers' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 31st, while the Wolverines are ranked 149th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Mooresville pushed their record up to 7-2-1 with that win, which was their fifth straight at home. As for Cox Mill, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 7-2.
Mooresville came out on top in a nail-biter against Cox Mill when the teams last played back in October of 2023, sneaking past 2-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mooresville since the team 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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