The Southern Lee Cavaliers are on the road again on Wednesday to play the Richmond Raiders at 7:00 p.m. Southern Lee is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.5 goals per game this season.
Southern Lee's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They came out on top against Union Pines by a score of 2-0. Given the Cavaliers' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 85th, while the Vikings are ranked 302nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Emerson Diaz and
Chino Cruz scored both of Southern Lee's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 20 goals.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Richmond). They walked away with a 4-2 victory over Scotland on Monday.
Southern Lee pushed their record up to 12-1 with the win, which was their sixth straight on the road. As for Richmond, their record is now 2-9-2.
Southern Lee took their victory against Richmond when the teams last played back in September by a conclusive 5-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Southern Lee since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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