Northern Durham is 9-1 against Hillside since September of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Northern Durham Knights will venture away from home to face off against the Hillside Hornets at 6:45 p.m. Northern Durham is no doubt hoping to put an end to a seven-game streak of away losses.
Northern Durham is likely headed into the match with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Jordan on Thursday. Northern Durham fell just short of Jordan by a score of 2-1. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 395th, while the Falcons are ranked 188th).
Northern Durham's goal came courtesy of
Kevin Garci1, which was the first he's scored this season.
Meanwhile, Hillside was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their eighth straight loss. They came up short against Chapel Hill, falling 7-0.
Northern Durham's defeat dropped their record down to 2-13-2. As for Hillside, their loss dropped their record down to 5-12-1.
Northern Durham came out on top in a nail-biter against Hillside when the teams last played last Thursday, sneaking past 2-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Northern Durham 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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