Pine Forest is on a three-game streak of home wins, while Triton is on a five-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Pine Forest Trojans will welcome the Triton Hawks at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Pine Forest will roll into the game after a wild two-game stretch: they didn't score any goals on Wednesday, then bounced right back against E.E. Smith on Monday. Pine Forest put the hurt on E.E. Smith with a sharp 9-2 victory. With the Trojans ahead 4-0 at the half, the contest was all but over already.
Meanwhile, it was a Battle of the Birds when Triton challenged Western Harnett on Monday. Triton had just enough and edged Western Harnett out 2-1. Given the Hawks' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 216th, while the Eagles are ranked 484th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Ever Quintanilla and
Tzuriel Morales-Olvera scored both of Triton's goals, bringing their combined season tally to ten goals.
Pine Forest now has a winning record of 10-9-1. As for Triton, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-3-1 record this season.
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