The West Iredell Warriors and the North Lincoln Knights are set to duel on Monday. West Iredell is no doubt hoping to put an end to a six-game streak of away losses.
West Iredell lost 5-1 to Hickory on Wednesday. While losing is never fun, the Warriors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 365th, while the Red Tornadoes are ranked 78th).
Meanwhile, North Lincoln was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Foard. Both teams had to tread carefully at times as the refs weren't afraid to hand out yellow cards: Owen Uhl was handed one for the Knights, while the Tigers got theirs courtesy of Alexis Nava.
West Iredell's loss dropped their record down to 5-14. As for North Lincoln, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-10-3.
West Iredell skirted past North Lincoln 3-2 in their previous meeting back in September. The rematch might be a little tougher for West Iredell since the squad 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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