The South Rowan Raiders will square off against the Carson Cougars at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. South Rowan is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.3 goals per game this season.
If Carson heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when South Rowan took over last week. South Rowan's defense stepped up to hand East Rowan a 2-0 shutout on Tuesday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Raiders.
Alexander Morales and
Michael Coles scored both of South Rowan's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 23 goals.
Meanwhile, Carson didn't have quite enough to beat Concord on Wednesday and fell 2-1. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 296th, while the Spiders are ranked 108th).
South Rowan now has a winning record of 7-6-1. As for Carson, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-6-3.
South Rowan came out on top in a nail-biter against Carson when the teams last played back in September, sneaking past 3-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for South Rowan since the squad 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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