Enloe hasn't had much luck against Leesville Road recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Enloe Eagles will head out to face off against the Leesville Road Pride at 6:30 p.m. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Enloe's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They skirted past Broughton 1-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Eagles.
Meanwhile, Leesville Road had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2 goals) and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They walked away with a 2-0 victory over the Spartans. Given the Pride's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 56th, while the Spartans are ranked 204th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Julien Tubbs was the driving force of Leesville Road's attack as he scored both of Leesville Road's goals, bringing his season total up to seven goals.
Enloe's win bumped their record up to 13-2-3. As for Leesville Road, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-6-2 record this season.
Enloe beat Leesville Road 2-0 in their previous meeting on October 14th. The rematch might be a little tougher for Enloe since the team 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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