On Tuesday East Lincoln will have to hit the road after three straight games at home. They will venture away from home to face off against the Hickory Red Tornadoes at 6:00 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Wednesday, East Lincoln made easy work of Statesville and carried off a 6-1 win. Considering the Mustangs have won 13 matchups by more than two goals this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Their offense was hitting Statesville from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Evan Blackley led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Hickory). They blew past North Lincoln 8-1 on Wednesday. Given the Red Tornadoes' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 87th, while the Knights are ranked 295th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
East Lincoln pushed their record up to 19-1-2 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home. As for Hickory, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 14 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 17-4-1 record this season.
East Lincoln beat Hickory by a goal in their previous matchup last Monday, winning 3-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for East Lincoln since the team 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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