The Lumberton Pirates will square off against the Cape Fear Colts at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Lumberton comes in on three and Cape Fear on six.
On Monday, Lumberton sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over Purnell Swett. That's two games straight that Lumberton have won by just one goal.
Raul Carrera Gutierrez and Ricky Ramirez scored both of Lumberton's goals, bringing their combined season tally to six goals.
Meanwhile, Cape Fear's contest on Monday was close up to the half, but then they kicked things up a notch. Their defense stepped up to hand Scotland a 3-0 shutout. Given Cape Fear's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 117th, while Scotland are ranked 464th) , the win wasn't entirely unexpected.
Lumberton now has a winning record of 7-6-1. As for Cape Fear, their victory bumped their record up to 10-2-2.
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