Swain County is on a three-game streak of home wins, while Christ the King is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Swain County Maroon Devils will take on the Christ the King Crusaders at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Swain County is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Monday. They never let Tri-County onto the board and left with a 7-0 victory. Swain County might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won eight matchups by five goals or more this season.
They hit Tri-County with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Anna Gray (3),
Mya Burrows-Kurr (2),
Karena Cline, and
Lola Collins.
Meanwhile, Christ the King beat Leadership Academy 3-1 on Monday. Given Christ the King's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 37th, while Leadership Academy is ranked 290th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Christ the King used a slightly different lineup for their bout with Leadership Academy. Kaitlyn Douglass played for 80 minutes having averaged 56.2 this season and Brandi Malloy got 35 vs. an average of 18.4. Douglass made the most of the opportunity, scoring a goal and seven steals. A few more games like that and she might be seeing even more time going forward.
Swain County has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-4-1 record this season. As for Christ the King, their win bumped their record up to 14-3.
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