The Lumberton Pirates will look to defend their home pitch on Friday against the Cape Fear Colts at 6:00 p.m.
After soaring to nine goals the game before, Lumberton was a bit more limited in their contest on Tuesday. Their tough 6-0 defeat to Purnell Swett might stick with them for a while. While losing is never fun, Lumberton can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 326th, while Purnell Swett is ranked 76th).
Meanwhile, Cape Fear came tearing into Tuesday's game with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.2 goals) and they left with even more momentum. They won by a goal and slipped past the Bears 2-1. AbbiKate Daughtry had to tread lightly for part of the match after she was hit with a yellow card, but that was the only trouble Cape Fear got from the refs.
Cape Fear was led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Brooke Bombatepe and
Jayda Angel, who scored both of Cape Fear's goals. The pair have combined for a total of 31 so far this season.
Lumberton's loss dropped their record down to 4-3-3. As for Cape Fear, they have been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3-1 record this season.
Lumberton came up short against Cape Fear when the teams last played back in March, falling 2-0. Will Lumberton have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other soccer content.
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