Hickory waltzed into their match on Friday with ten straight wins... but they left with 11. Their defense stepped up to hand the West Iredell Warriors an 8-0 shutout. Hickory might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won ten matchups by five goals or more this season.
They hit West Iredell with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Mia Zulueta (4),
Stephanie Zulueta (2),
Lydia Wood, and
Litzy Hernandez.
Hickory has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-3-1 record this season. As for West Iredell, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 4-10.
Hickory will be playing in front of their home fans against East Lincoln at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Hickory is on a seven-game streak of home wins, East Lincoln a seven-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the pitch. West Iredell will take on North Lincoln at 5:30 p.m. on Monday.
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