After a string of six wins, Apex's good fortune finally ran out on Monday. They fell just short of the Holly Springs Golden Hawks by a score of 2-1. Both teams had to tread carefully at times as the refs weren't afraid to hand out yellow cards: Emily Degnan was handed one for Apex, while Holly Springs got theirs courtesy of Reese Knouse.
Apex's goal came courtesy of Degnan, who's now up to 17 this season.
Apex's defeat ended a seven-game streak of away wins and brought them to 15-3-1. As for Holly Springs, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-1-5 record this season.
Apex will head out on the road to face off against Middle Creek at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Middle Creek will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps North Carolina Rankings (they are ranked 59th, while Apex is ranked sixth). Holly Springs does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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