The South Lenoir Blue Devils are taking a road trip to challenge the Lejeune Devilpups at 6:30 p.m. on Friday.
South Lenoir is likely headed into the contest with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Richlands on Wednesday. The Blue Devils lost 5-2 to the Wildcats. South Lenoir have struggled against Richlands recently, as the game was their third consecutive lost matchup.
Meanwhile, Lejeune strolled into their game on Tuesday with an undefeated record and they left with the same. Their defense stepped up to hand Liberty Christian Academy a 4-0 shutout. Given Lejeune's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 100th, while Liberty Christian Academy are ranked 340th) , the win wasn't entirely unexpected.
Lejeune hit Liberty Christian Academy with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Jaiden McNeil (2), Jonathan Maguire, and Logan Lankenau.
South Lenoir's loss dropped their record down to 5-3-2. As for Lejeune, their win bumped their record up to 7-0-1.
South Lenoir couldn't quite get it done against Lejeune in their previous meeting on September 9th as they fell 3-1. Can the Blue Devils avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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