With a playoff game on the line, Pender rose to the challenge on Saturday. They never let the Southern Wake Academy Lions onto the board and left with a 9-0 victory. The result was nothing new for the Patriots, who have now won 15 matches by three goals or more so far this season.
Their offense was hitting Southern Wake Academy from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Owen Davis led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for five goals all by himself.
Pender has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 13 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 19-5-1 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 73 goals over those 13 games. As for Southern Wake Academy, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 6-11.
Pender will look to defend their home pitch on Tuesday against Henderson Collegiate at 6:00 p.m. Pender will be looking to keep their six-game home win streak alive. Southern Wake Academy does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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