The Chapel Hill Tigers are taking a road trip to square off against the New Hanover Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Chapel Hill sitting on nine straight wins and New Hanover on four.
Chapel Hill is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They walked away with a 5-3 victory over Clayton. That's two games straight that Chapel Hill have won by exactly two goals.
They hit Clayton with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Gilbert Schmidler (2), Cyrus Ahmed, Landon Promislow, and Mark Heizer.
Meanwhile, New Hanover faced Ashley in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Thursday. The Wildcats won by a goal and slipped past the Screaming Eagle 3-2. The game was the first time New Hanover have beaten Ashley on their pitch since October 25, 2021.
New Hanover's win bumped their record up to 16-5-2. As for Chapel Hill, their victory bumped their record up to 17-4.
Chapel Hill skirted past New Hanover 2-1 when the teams last played back in August of 2019. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Tigers since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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