Laney is 9-1 against Topsail since April of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Laney Buccaneers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Topsail Pirates at 6:00 p.m. Laney is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 5.3 goals per game this season.
Laney stacked a tenth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Monday. They never let New Hanover onto the board and left with a 6-0 win. Given Laney's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 24th, while New Hanover is ranked 254th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Laney's offense was hitting New Hanover from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Olivia Duleba led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Despite a strong season so far, Topsail has seen their luck take a bit of a downturn recently. They fell just short of Ashley by a score of 2-1 on Monday. That's two games in a row now that Topsail has lost by just one goal.
Laney pushed their record up to 13-4-1 with that victory, which was their third straight on the road. As for Topsail, their loss dropped their record down to 13-6-1.
Laney beat Topsail by a goal in their previous meeting back in April, winning 1-0. Does Laney have another victory up their sleeve, or will Topsail turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
