The Riverside-Durham Pirates will take on the North Brunswick Scorpions at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Riverside-Durham is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4 goals per game this season.
Riverside-Durham took a loss when they played away from home last Thursday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. Their defense stepped up to hand Northern Durham a 9-0 shutout. The final result isn't all that surprising considering Riverside-Durham's considerable advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 208th, while Northern Durham are ranked 474th).
Riverside-Durham's offense was hitting Northern Durham from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal. Grace Simpson led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, North Brunswick was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their sixth straight defeat. They lost 4-1 to Laney.
Riverside-Durham's win bumped their record up to 9-7-4. As for North Brunswick, their loss dropped their record down to 9-13-1.
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