The Garinger Wildcats are taking a road trip to face off against the Olympic Trojans at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Garinger will be strutting in after a win while Olympic will be coming in after a loss.
Garinger will roll into the matchup after a wild two-game stretch: they didn't score any goals on Tuesday, then bounced right back against North Mecklenburg on Wednesday. The Wildcats never let the Vikings get on the board and left with a 5-0 victory. Garinger might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven games by three goals or more this season.
They hit North Mecklenburg with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Merlyn Hernandez (2), Valentina Calle Salazar, Eylin Granados Mejia, and Jessica Pastrana.
Meanwhile, Olympic was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They lost 9-0 to South Mecklenburg. While losing is never fun, Olympic can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 370th, while South Mecklenburg are ranked 51st).
Olympic's loss dropped their record down to 3-10-2. As for Garinger, their win bumped their record up to 7-8-1.
Garinger suffered a grim 10-1 defeat to Olympic when the teams last played back in April of 2022. Can the Wildcats avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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