South Central is 0-6 against Jacksonville since September of 2021 but things could change on Tuesday. The South Central Falcons will look to defend their home pitch against the Jacksonville Cardinals at 6:00 p.m.
South Central is headed into Tuesday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their tenth straight game on Thursday. They came up short against New Bern, falling 5-1.
Meanwhile, Jacksonville waltzed into their matchup on Tuesday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They walked away with a 3-1 win over the Vikings. Given the Cardinals' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 83rd, while the Vikings are ranked 247th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Jacksonville hit D.H. Conley with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Haydon Huddleston,
Chase Crawford, and
Kyrie Williams.
South Central's defeat dropped their record down to 2-12-2. As for Jacksonville, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-5-2 record this season.
South Central might still be hurting after the 8-1 loss they got from Jacksonville when the teams last played back in October of 2023. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point South Central was down 4-1.
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