East Columbus is 2-8 against Pender since August of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The East Columbus Gators will welcome the Pender Patriots at 5:30 p.m.
Last Thursday, East Columbus and East Bladen finished up their match with a 1-1 draw.
Meanwhile, Pender had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.5 goals) and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They came out on top against the Stallions by a score of 3-1. Given the Patriots' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 228th, while the Stallions are ranked 546th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Owen Davis and
Aidan Murray scored all three of Pender's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 33 goals.
East Columbus' draw makes their record 1-7-3 this season. As for Pender, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-4 record this season.
East Columbus might still be hurting after the 7-1 loss they got from Pender in their previous matchup back in September. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point East Columbus was down 6-0.
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