The South Lenoir Blue Devils will venture away from home to square off against the Pender Patriots at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. South Lenoir's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for three straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Thursday just wasn't the day for South Lenoir's offense. They fell 2-0 to Heide Trask on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Pender gave up the first goal on Wednesday, but they didn't let that get them down. They had just enough and edged out Southwest Onslow 2-1. Adrian Torres had the honor of scoring the game-winner for Pender.
Pender pushed their record up to 4-8-2 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. The home wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 16 goals over those three contests. As for South Lenoir, they now have a losing record of 5-6-2.
South Lenoir couldn't quite get it done against Pender when the teams last played back in August of 2017 as they fell 4-2. Can the Blue Devils avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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