The Falls Lake Firebirds will head out on the road to square off against the NCSSM: Durham Unicorns at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Falls Lake is strutting in with some offensive muscle, as they've averaged 5.1 goals per game this season.
On Wednesday, Falls Lake needed a bit of extra time to put away East Wake Academy. Their defense stepped up to hand the Eagles a 2-0 shutout. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Falls Lake.
They were led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Savannah Penn and
Samantha Carroll, who scored both of Falls Lake's goals. The pair have combined for a total of 31 so far this season.
Meanwhile, NCSSM: Durham can now show off six landslide victories after their most recent match on Wednesday. They blew past Research Triangle 4-0. Given NCSSM: Durham's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 115th, while Research Triangle is ranked 285th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Falls Lake pushed their record up to 10-2 with that victory, which was their fifth straight at home. As for NCSSM: Durham, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-3 record this season.
Falls Lake came out on top in a nail-biter against NCSSM: Durham in their previous matchup back in March, sneaking past 1-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Falls Lake since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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