The matchup between New Hanover and Laney on Friday hardly resembled the 2-0 effort from their previous meeting. The Wildcats lost 8-0 to the Buccaneers. While losing is never fun, New Hanover can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 269th, while Laney are ranked 32nd).
New Hanover's loss was their fourth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 2-11-1. As for Laney, the win was the fifth in a row for them, bringing their record up to 10-4-2.
Coming up, New Hanover will welcome Topsail at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Laney, they didn't take long to hit the pitch again: they've already played their next matchup, a 4-0 defeat against Hoggard on the 28th.
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