Topsail has gone 10-0 against West Brunswick recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Topsail Pirates and the West Brunswick Trojans are set to duel. Topsail is coming into the match hot, having won their last four games.
West Brunswick better have a healthy lead at halftime, because if last week is any indication, that's when Topsail really get things going. Topsail put the hurt on South Brunswick with a sharp 4-0 victory on Thursday. Give the Pirates' defense some credit: that's the team's fourth straight shutout.
They hit South Brunswick with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Tully Dugan (2),
Achilleas Boutis, and
Maddox Kelly.
Meanwhile, West Brunswick fell victim to Laney and their airtight defense on Thursday. They lost 9-0 to the Buccaneers. While losing is never fun, the Trojans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 306th, while the Buccaneers are ranked 47th).
Topsail is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-5-1 record this season. As for West Brunswick, their loss was their fourth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 5-10.
Topsail beat West Brunswick 2-0 when the teams last played two weeks ago. The rematch might be a little tougher for Topsail 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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