The Swansea Tigers will face off against the Newberry Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Swansea will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more goals each contest than the last.
Swansea is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They never let Fox Creek get on the board and left with a 6-0 victory on Tuesday. Given Swansea's advantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 38th, while Fox Creek are ranked 128th) , the win wasn't entirely unexpected.
Swansea's offense was hitting Fox Creek from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal. Juel Rivers led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Newberry had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2 goals) and they went ahead and made it six on Tuesday. They walked away with a 3-1 win over the Rebels.
Newberry's victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 12-3. As for Swansea, their win bumped their record up to 8-3.
Swansea beat Newberry 2-0 in their previous matchup two weeks ago. Do the Tigers have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Bulldogs turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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