Topsail waltzed into their match on Tuesday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They won by a goal and slipped past the West Brunswick Trojans 3-2. Given the Pirates' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 56th, while the Trojans are ranked 303rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Topsail hit West Brunswick with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Fisher Batts,
Maddox Kelly, and
Jax Lawrence.
Topsail has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5-1 record this season. As for West Brunswick, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 5-11.
Topsail and Hoggard are set to duel on Thursday. Hoggard is coming into the matchup with four straight wins at home, so Topsail will have to stop a squad with plenty of momentum. As for West Brunswick, they will welcome North Brunswick at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. West Brunswick is facing North Brunswick at the right time seeing as North Brunswick is stuck on a seven-game losing streak.
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