Weddington is 9-1 against Sun Valley since April of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Weddington Warriors will head out on the road to challenge the Sun Valley Spartans at 7:00 p.m. After the two teams made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Friday.
Weddington is headed into the match fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They put the hurt on Porter Ridge with a sharp 9-1 win on Tuesday. Given Weddington's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 32nd, while Porter Ridge is ranked 137th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Weddington's offense was hitting Porter Ridge from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Mia Watson led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, Sun Valley can now show off 13 landslide victories after their most recent game on Monday. Everything went their way against East Mecklenburg as Sun Valley made off with a 4-1 victory. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for Sun Valley considering their one-goal performance the contest before.
The win made it two in a row for Weddington and bumps their season record up to 6-4-2. As for Sun Valley, their victory bumped their record up to 14-1.
Weddington took their win against Sun Valley when the teams last played back in April of 2023 by a conclusive 9-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Weddington 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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