Pender is 8-2 against East Columbus since August of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Pender Patriots will head out to take on the East Columbus Gators at 5:30 p.m. Pender is looking to tack on another W to their four-game streak on the road.
If Pender beats East Columbus with three goals on Monday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. Pender came out on top against South Columbus by a score of 3-1 on Thursday. Given the Patriots' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 228th, while the Stallions are ranked 546th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Owen Davis and
Aidan Murray scored all three of Pender's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 33 goals.
Meanwhile, neither East Columbus nor East Bladen could gain the upper hand on Thursday so the two teams had to settle for a 1-1 draw.
Pender is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-4 record this season. East Columbus' draw gives them a new season record of 1-7-3.
Everything went Pender's way against East Columbus in their previous meeting back in September, as Pender made off with a 7-1 victory. In that matchup, Pender amassed a halftime lead of 6-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Monday.
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