The Ashley Screaming Eagle will challenge the Riverside-Durham Pirates on Tuesday. Ashley is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.2 goals per game this season.
Ashley is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. Their defense stepped up to hand Cary a 4-0 shutout. The Screaming Eagle might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight matchups by four goals or more this season.
They hit Cary with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Kingston Hroncich,
Cameron Moore,
Brady Mccormick, and
Grant Ruscetti.
Lumberton typically has all the answers at home, but on Saturday Riverside-Durham proved too difficult a challenge. They beat the Pirates by a goal, winning 1-0. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but Riverside-Durham was the better team in the second half.
Ashley pushed their record up to 18-5-1 with the win, which was their third straight at home. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only given up zero goals over those three contests. As for Riverside-Durham, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-7-3 record this season.
Ashley was able to grind out a solid victory over Riverside-Durham when the teams last played back in November of 2016, winning 2-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Ashley 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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