The Topsail Pirates will head out on the road to face off against the Dixon Bulldogs at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Topsail sitting on three straight victories and Dixon on ten.
Topsail's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. Everything went their way against West Brunswick as they made off with a 9-0 win. Topsail might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six games by four goals or more this season.
Their offense was hitting West Brunswick from everywhere, as seven different players booted in a goal. Jersie Lawrence led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, it may have taken extra minutes to finish the job, but Dixon ultimately got the result they hoped for last Friday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Swansboro, sneaking past 1-0. Give Dixon's defense some credit: that's the team's sixth straight shutout.
Dixon's victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-2-1. Those home wins came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only given up one goal over those five matches. As for Topsail, their victory bumped their record up to 8-5-5.
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