Jacksonville has gone 10-0 against Havelock recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Jacksonville Cardinals will be staying on the road to face off against the Havelock Rams at 6:00 p.m. Jacksonville is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.3 goals per game this season.
Jacksonville's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They put the hurt on South Central with a sharp 7-0 victory. Given the Cardinals' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 86th, while the Falcons are ranked 470th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Jacksonville's offense was hitting South Central from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Jude Sawyer led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Havelock was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They lost 5-1 to Northside - Jacksonville.
Jacksonville is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5-2 record this season. As for Havelock, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-12-1.
Jacksonville took their win against Havelock in their previous matchup on October 8th by a conclusive 6-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for Jacksonville 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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