Catawba Ridge is on a eight-game streak of home wins, while Clover is on a eight-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Catawba Ridge Copperheads will take on the Clover Blue Eagles at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Catawba Ridge is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another highly-ranked state team: Padua Academy, who was ranked tenth at the time (Catawba Ridge was ranked 12th). Catawba Ridge never let Padua Academy onto the board and left with a 3-0 win on Thursday. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but Catawba Ridge was the better team in the second half.
They were led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Kyleen Bents and
Sadie Commerford, who scored all three of Catawba Ridge's goals. The pair have combined for a total of 61 so far this season.
Meanwhile, after failing to score in their last matchup, Clover made sure to put some goals up on the board against Rock Hill on Friday. They blew past the Bearcats 9-0. Given Clover's advantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked eighth, while Rock Hill is ranked 126th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Catawba Ridge has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 14 games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-4 record this season. As for Clover, their victory bumped their record up to 15-3.
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