The South Mecklenburg Sabres will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against the Charlotte Catholic Cougars at 6:00 p.m.
South Mecklenburg is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over Ragsdale.
Meanwhile, Charlotte Catholic had already won nine in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.3 goals) and they went ahead and made it ten on Thursday. They came out on top against the Huskies by a score of 4-2. Given the Cougars' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked ninth, while the Huskies are ranked 90th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Charlotte Catholic hit Hough with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Emmett Drensek (2),
Keane LoCascio, and
Sean Lynds.
South Mecklenburg's win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 17-6-4. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only given up one goal over those four matches. As for Charlotte Catholic, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 19-4 record this season.
South Mecklenburg suffered a grim 5-1 defeat to Charlotte Catholic when the teams last played back in August. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point South Mecklenburg was down 3-0.
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