The Southern Wayne Saints will head out on the road to square off against the East Wake Warriors at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Neither Southern Wayne nor East Wake posted many goals in their last games, so it might be the defenses that decide this one.
Wednesday just wasn't the day for Southern Wayne's offense. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 9-0 walloping at the hands of Fike on Wednesday. While losing is never fun, Southern Wayne can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 400th, while Fike is ranked 17th).
Southern Wayne was without their leading scorer, Allya Segura, in Wednesday's game. With Segura sidelined, Dakota Pearce got her first action of the season.
Meanwhile, East Wake was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They fell 3-1 to Smithfield-Selma.
Southern Wayne has been struggling recently as they've lost seven of their last nine matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-7-1 record this season. As for East Wake, their loss dropped their record down to 3-6.
Southern Wayne might still be hurting after the 4-0 defeat they got from East Wake in their previous matchup back in March. Can Southern Wayne avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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