Richlands is on a four-game streak of home wins, while West Carteret is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Richlands Wildcats will take on the West Carteret Patriots at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams each escaped with close wins against their previous opponents.
Richlands will bounce into Thursday's matchup after beating Swansboro, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Richlands had just enough and edged Swansboro out 2-1. Cierra Burnett had the honor of scoring the game-winner for Richlands.
Meanwhile, West Carteret won against Swansboro on Friday with one goal and they decided to stick to that goal total again on Tuesday. West Carteret's defense stepped up to hand Dixon a 1-0 shutout. West Carteret's defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last three contests.
Richlands has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-7-1 record this season. As for West Carteret, their victory bumped their record up to 11-3-4.
Richlands beat West Carteret 2-0 in their previous matchup two weeks ago. Does Richlands have another victory up their sleeve, or will West Carteret turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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