After three games on the road, Statesville is heading back home. They will take on the Hickory Red Tornadoes at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Statesville will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps North Carolina Rankings (they are ranked 455th, while Hickory is ranked 40th).
Statesville's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against St. Stephens on Tuesday. They lost 7-0 to the Indians. Statesville has not had much luck with St. Stephens recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.
Meanwhile, Hickory entered their tilt with East Lincoln with 11 consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with 12. Their defense stepped up to hand the Mustangs a 2-0 shutout on Wednesday. Give Hickory's defense some credit: that's the team's seventh straight shutout.
Kathleen Bridges and
Piper Jillings scored both of Hickory's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 19 goals.
Statesville's defeat dropped their record down to 0-13. As for Hickory, they are on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 14 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 16-3-1 record this season.
Statesville suffered a grim 9-0 defeat to Hickory when the teams last played back in April. Will Statesville have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the match for a full breakdown of the game, commentary, and other soccer content.
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