Swansboro was the 2-0 winner over Richlands when they last played one another back in April, but their luck changed this time around. The Swansboro Pirates fell just short of the Richlands Wildcats by a score of 2-1 on Tuesday. That's two games in a row now that Swansboro has lost by just one goal.
Their goal came courtesy of
Kenadie Bennett, who's now up to 11 this season.
Swansboro has been struggling recently as they've lost six of their last eight games, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-9-3 record this season. As for Richlands, the win (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 11-7-1.
Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Swansboro will take on Croatan at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Swansboro and Croatan are at an even 4-4-1 over their past nine head-to-heads. As for Richlands, they will look to defend their home pitch on Thursday against West Carteret at 6:30 p.m. Richlands is on a four-game streak of home wins, West Carteret a three-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the pitch.
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