On Wednesday, Apex faced Apex Friendship in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Apex Cougars never let the Apex Friendship Patriots onto the board and left with a 1-0 win. Apex's defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last three matches.
Their one-goal win came courtesy of
Emily Degnan, who's now up to six this season.
Apex pushed their record up to 7-1-1 with that victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Apex Friendship, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 5-1-2.
Apex will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Middle Creek at 6:30 p.m. on April 3rd. As for Apex Friendship, they will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Panther Creek at 6:30 p.m. on April 3rd. Panther Creek will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps North Carolina Rankings (they are ranked 107th, while Apex Friendship is ranked sixth).
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