Lake Norman had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 1.7 goals), and they went ahead and made it four on Monday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Hickory Ridge Ragin' Bulls a 2-0 shutout. That's more bragging rights for Lake Norman, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Ella Crutchfield was the driving force of Lake Norman's attack as she scored both of Lake Norman's goals, her season total up to six goals.
Lake Norman is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-7 record this season. As for Hickory Ridge, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 9-10-3.
Lake Norman has the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome Mooresville at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Lake Norman is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3 goals per game this season. As for Hickory Ridge, they will head out on the road to square off against West Cabarrus at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Hopefully Hickory Ridge is not getting complacent considering they own a much higher rank in North Carolina (they are ranked 120th, while West Cabarrus is ranked 271st).
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