James Kenan is 0-10 against East Duplin since May of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The James Kenan Tigers will head out on the road to face off against the East Duplin Panthers at 6:30 p.m. One thing working in James Kenan's favor is that they have posted big goal totals in their last three contests.
James Kenan stacked a sixth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Wednesday. They put the hurt on Pender with a sharp 6-2 win. James Kenan better thank their lucky stars for the performance of Katherine Chirinos, as she scored every single goal for her team.
Meanwhile, East Duplin kept a clean sheet against Wallace-Rose Hill on Friday. They came out on top against the Bulldogs by a score of 2-0. Given East Duplin's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 150th, while Wallace-Rose Hill is ranked 359th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
James Kenan pushed their record up to 8-3 with that victory, which was their third straight on the road. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 15 goals over those three games. As for East Duplin, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4-1 record this season.
James Kenan suffered a grim 9-0 defeat to East Duplin in their previous meeting back in March. Can James Kenan avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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