E.E. Smith is on a five-game streak of home losses, Overhills a five-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck is about to change on Monday. The E.E. Smith Golden Bulls will welcome the Overhills Jaguars at 6:00 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
E.E. Smith is likely headed into the matchup with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Triton on Wednesday. E.E. Smith came up short against Triton, falling 5-1. While losing is never fun, the Golden Bulls can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 547th, while the Hawks are ranked 205th).
Meanwhile, Overhills didn't have quite enough to beat Terry Sanford on Wednesday and fell 3-2. Both teams had to tread carefully at times as the refs weren't afraid to hand out yellow cards: Christopher Everette was handed one for the Jaguars, while the Bulldogs got theirs courtesy of Soren Verhine.
Erik Galindo-Ortega and
Luis Gomez scored both of Overhills' goals, which were season-firsts for both players.
E.E. Smith's loss dropped their record down to 0-8. As for Overhills, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-10.
E.E. Smith came up short against Overhills when the teams last played on September 5th, falling 4-2. Will E.E. Smith have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more soccer content.
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