Pine Forest is 10-0 against E.E. Smith since March of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Pine Forest Trojans will head out on the road to square off against the E.E. Smith Golden Bulls at 7:00 p.m. Pine Forest is strutting in with some offensive muscle, as they've averaged 4.3 goals per game this season.
Last Thursday, Pine Forest had just enough and edged Harnett Central out 2-1. Two seems to be a good number for Pine Forest as the team scooped up a win with the same number of goals in their previous game.
They were led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Leilani Manolias and
Audrey Bixler, who scored both of Pine Forest's goals. The pair have combined for a total of 12 so far this season.
Meanwhile, E.E. Smith was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. Their rough 4-0 defeat to Overhills might stick with them for a while. While losing is never fun, E.E. Smith can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 409th, while Overhills is ranked 117th).
Pine Forest pushed their record up to 6-1-1 with that victory, which was their third straight on the road. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 15 goals over those three games. As for E.E. Smith, their loss dropped their record down to 2-5.
Everything went Pine Forest's way against E.E. Smith when the teams last played back in March of 2023 as Pine Forest made off with a 4-0 win. Does Pine Forest have another victory up their sleeve, or will E.E. Smith turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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