On Wednesday South Lenoir will have to hit the road after three straight games at home. They will venture away from home to challenge the East Duplin Panthers at 6:00 p.m. South Lenoir is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.4 goals per game this season.
South Lenoir is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to nine goals on Thursday, they were much more limited against Southwest Onslow on Monday. They fell just short of the Stallions by a score of 2-1. The Blue Devils have struggled against the Stallions recently, as their game on Monday was their fifth consecutive lost matchup.
South Lenoir's goal came courtesy of
Jonathan Calixtro, who's now up to 15 this season.
Meanwhile, East Duplin waltzed into their match on Monday with five straight wins... but they left with six. They came out on top against the Hawks by a score of 3-1. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 135th, while the Hawks are ranked 279th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
South Lenoir's loss dropped their record down to 10-9-1. As for East Duplin, they pushed their record up to 11-5-1 with the victory, which was their sixth straight on the road.
South Lenoir came up short against East Duplin in their previous meeting on October 4th, falling 3-1. Can South Lenoir avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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