New Hanover has gone 10-0 against South Brunswick recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Monday. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Wildcats challenges the South Brunswick Cougars at 6:00 p.m. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
New Hanover is likely headed into the contest with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Hoggard on Wednesday. New Hanover lost 3-0 to Hoggard. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 77th, while the Vikings are ranked fifth).
Meanwhile, South Brunswick was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their 11th straight defeat. They came up short against West Brunswick, falling 4-0. One reason for the loss might be the Cougars' aggressive play style: three South Brunswick players were handed yellow cards.
New Hanover's loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 13-8-1. As for South Brunswick, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-17-2.
Everything went New Hanover's way against South Brunswick when the teams last played back in October, as New Hanover made off with a 7-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for New Hanover 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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