The Enka Jets will head out to take on the East Lincoln Mustangs at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Enka sitting on four straight wins and East Lincoln on eight.
Enka is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. Their defense stepped up to hand South Point a 1-0 shutout. Enka wouldn't have won without Alexis Perez, who scored the game-winner.
The home team had won the previous five meetings between East Lincoln and Hickory, and East Lincoln kept the tradition alive. The Mustangs came out on top against the Red Tornadoes by a score of 4-2 on Thursday. That's two games straight that East Lincoln have won by exactly two goals.
Enka's victory bumped their record up to 20-4-2. As for East Lincoln, their win bumped their record up to 20-4-1.
Enka couldn't quite get it done against East Lincoln when the teams last played back in November of 2021 as they fell 5-3. Can the Jets avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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