Eastern Wayne is 0-6 against North Johnston since March of 2022 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Eastern Wayne Warriors will head out on the road to square off against the North Johnston Panthers at 6:30 p.m. Eastern Wayne is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.7 goals per game this season.
Eastern Wayne is coming into the match fresh off a high-scoring shootout with Beddingfield that saw the pair combine for 21 shots on goal. Eastern Wayne fell just short of Beddingfield by a score of 4-3 on Thursday. One thing that didn't help Eastern Wayne's chances was the red card they were dealt courtesy of Geralyn (Bre) Ramey.
Elysa Manuel and
Taylor Waters scored all three of Eastern Wayne's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 61 goals.
Meanwhile, North Johnston waltzed into their contest on Thursday with two straight wins... but they left with three. Their defense stepped up to hand the Cougars a 4-0 shutout.
Eastern Wayne's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 14-3. As for North Johnston, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4-2 record this season.
Eastern Wayne came up short against North Johnston when the teams last played on April 10th, falling 2-0. Can Eastern Wayne avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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