The Holly Springs Golden Hawks will square off against the Apex Friendship Patriots at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Holly Springs is coming into the contest hot, having won their last 11 games.
If Holly Springs beats Apex Friendship with three goals on Tuesday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. Holly Springs beat Cary by a goal, winning 3-2. Given the Golden Hawks' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked third, while the Imps are ranked 56th), the result on Monday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Holly Springs hit Cary with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Sean O'Laughlin,
Charlie Aube, and
Jacob Gibson.
Meanwhile, everything went Apex Friendship's way against Panther Creek on Monday as Apex Friendship made off with a 6-2 victory. With the Patriots ahead 3-0 at the half, the matchup was all but over already.
Holly Springs' win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-1. As for Apex Friendship, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-5-1.
Holly Springs came out on top in a nail-biter against Apex Friendship in their previous meeting back in September, sneaking past 2-1. Will Holly Springs repeat their success, or does Apex Friendship have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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