The Mount Airy Granite Bears will be playing at home against the Surry Central Golden Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Mount Airy is strutting in with some offensive muscle, as they've averaged 4.8 goals per game this season.
Surry Central is hoping to do on Monday what Starmount couldn't on Tuesday: put an end to Mount Airy's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Mount Airy's defense stepped up to hand Starmount a 2-0 shutout. Give Mount Airy's defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
They were led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Paola Rameriez and
Lillian Morris, who scored both of Mount Airy's goals. The pair have combined for a total of 15 so far this season.
Meanwhile, Surry Central has been on a tough stretch since their win on March 28. Their rough 9-0 loss to Wilkes Central on Friday might stick with them for a while. While losing is never fun, Surry Central can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 407th, while Wilkes Central is ranked 85th).
Mount Airy's win bumped their record up to 7-3-2. As for Surry Central, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-9-2.
Everything went Mount Airy's way against Surry Central in their previous matchup back in March as Mount Airy made off with a 7-0 victory. Does Mount Airy have another victory up their sleeve, or will Surry Central turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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