The Landrum Cardinals will head out on the road to face off against the Andrew Jackson Volunteers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Landrum is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Monday. Everything went their way against Pelion as they made off with a 5-2 victory. Tristan Barker was a massive factor in the win as he booted in three goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Andrew Jackson had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3 goals) and they went ahead and made it five on Monday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Cyclones a 7-0 shutout. Given Andrew Jackson's advantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 51st, while Chester are ranked 210th) , the win wasn't entirely unexpected.
Andrew Jackson pushed their record up to 15-3 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home. Those home victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 33 goals over those seven games. As for Landrum, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests. That's provided a massive bump to their 8-7 record this season.
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