Vance County hasn't had much luck against Southern School of Energy and Sustainability recently, but that could start to change on Monday. The Vance County Vipers are taking a road trip to take on the Southern School of Energy and Sustainability Spartans at 6:45 p.m. Vance County is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.7 goals per game this season.
Vance County is likely headed into the matchup with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Louisburg on Wednesday. Vance County lost 6-2 to Louisburg. The loss was a bit of a surprise, as the Vipers came into the match with a sizable advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 120th, while the Warriors are ranked 264th).
Joel Forbes and
Aidan Labra scored both of Vance County's goals, bringing their combined season tally to five goals.
Meanwhile, after failing to score in their last contest, Southern School of Energy and Sustainability made sure to put some goals up on the board against J.F. Webb on Wednesday. They never let the Warriors onto the board and left with a 9-0 win. The high-scoring performance was a welcome turnaround for the Spartans' offense, which had struggled in the games prior.
This is the second loss in a row for Vance County and nudges their season record down to 5-3. As for Southern School of Energy and Sustainability, their victory bumped their record up to 4-2-2.
Vance County suffered a grim 4-1 defeat to Southern School of Energy and Sustainability when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can Vance County avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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