Pine Forest and Richmond are an even 2-2-2 against one another since March of 2015, but likely not for long. The Pine Forest Trojans are on the road again on Thursday to play the Richmond Raiders at 7:00 p.m. Pine Forest is strutting in with some offensive muscle, as they've averaged 4.1 goals per game this season.
Pine Forest put the finishing touches on their fourth blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. Everything went their way against E.E. Smith as Pine Forest made off with a 3-0 win. Given Pine Forest's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 114th, while E.E. Smith is ranked 355th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Pine Forest was led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Arianna Pizarro Gonzalez and
Audrey Bixler, who scored all three of Pine Forest's goals. The pair have combined for a total of 11 so far this season.
Meanwhile, Richmond came up short against Asheboro last Wednesday and fell 4-2.
Pine Forest's victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-1-1. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 18 goals over those four contests. As for Richmond, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-3-2.
Everything went Pine Forest's way against Richmond when the teams last played back in March of 2022 as Pine Forest made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Pine Forest since the squad 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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