North Buncombe is 0-10 against Asheville since March of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The North Buncombe Black Hawks will head out on the road to challenge the Asheville Cougars at 6:30 p.m. North Buncombe will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps North Carolina Rankings (they are ranked 253rd, while Asheville is ranked 32nd).
North Buncombe took a loss when they played away from home on Wednesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. Their defense stepped up to hand Madison a 2-0 shutout.
Ashley Ramirez-Limon and
Etta McMakin scored both of North Buncombe's goals, bringing their combined season tally to six goals.
Meanwhile, Asheville's game on Friday was all tied up 0-0 at the half, but luckily for them it didn't stay that way. They skirted past West Henderson 1-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for Asheville.
Asheville used a slightly different lineup for their bout with West Henderson. Mary Tax played for 80 minutes having averaged 55.6 this season and Lily Foo got 89 vs. an average of 58.8. Foo made the most of the opportunity, scoring a goal. A few more games like that and she might be seeing even more time going forward.
North Buncombe's win bumped their record up to 9-12-1. As for Asheville, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-3-2 record this season.
North Buncombe suffered a grim 9-0 defeat to Asheville in their previous matchup back in April. Can North Buncombe avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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