Holly Springs has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will challenge the Chapel Hill Tigers on Thursday. Holly Springs is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.6 goals per game this season.
Holly Springs is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged Millbrook out 2-1. Given the Golden Hawks' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked first, while the Wildcats are ranked 27th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Cole Adkins and
Jacob Gibson scored both of Holly Springs' goals, bringing their combined season tally to five goals.
Meanwhile, Chapel Hill came tearing into Tuesday's match with six straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.8 goals) and they left with even more momentum. They blew past the Patriots 4-1. Considering the Tigers have won six contests by more than two goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Chapel Hill is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 14-5-1 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 41 goals over those ten games. As for Holly Springs, they pushed their record up to 21-1-1 with the victory, which was their 13th straight at home.
Holly Springs took their win against Chapel Hill in their previous matchup back in August of 2022 by a conclusive 6-0. Does Holly Springs have another victory up their sleeve, or will Chapel Hill turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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