Apex managed to keep up with Marvin Ridge until halftime on Saturday, but things quickly went downhill from there. The Cougars lost 3-0 to the Mavericks. While losing is never fun, Apex can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 95th, while Marvin Ridge are ranked fourth).
Apex's loss dropped their record down to 2-2-1. As for Marvin Ridge, their victory bumped their record up to 6-0.
Apex has already played their next match (against Willow Spring), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Marvin Ridge, they also didn't take long to hit the pitch again: they've already played their next contest, a 2-1 win against Sun Valley on the 17th.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps