The Oakwood Eagles will face off against the Statesville Christian Lions at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Oakwood is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Neuse Christian Academy as Oakwood made off with a 4-1 win. Winning may never get old, but the Eagles sure are getting used to it with their fourth in a row.
They hit Neuse Christian Academy with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Eduardo Murillo Ramirez (2),
Declan Mulligan, and
Edwin Casuela-Ortiz.
Meanwhile, Statesville Christian came tearing into Tuesday's game with seven straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.4 goals) and they left with even more momentum. They blew past the Colts 4-1. Given the Lions' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 162nd, while the Colts are ranked 442nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Oakwood's victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-7-1. As for Statesville Christian, they have been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-4 record this season.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
