Rolesville is 0-10 against Wakefield since March of 2021 but things could change on Wednesday. The Rams will venture away from home to take on the Wolverines at 5:00 p.m.
Rolesville is likely headed into the game with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Heritage on Monday. The Rams lost 5-0 to the Huskies. While losing is never fun, Rolesville can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 112th, while Heritage are ranked 18th).
Rolesville was without their leading scorer, Kelcey Bennett, in Monday's match. With Bennett sidelined, the Rams had to make some big changes to the lineup. Three players hit the pitch for the first time this season: Nataysha Jones, Maya Akbar, and Alexis Welch.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Wakefield). Their defense stepped up to hand Knightdale a 16-0 shutout on Monday. The high-scoring effort was just what Wakefield needed considering they were shut out in their previous contest.
Their offense was hitting Knightdale from everywhere, as 12 different players booted in a goal. Kayli Barlett led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by herself.
The defeat was their first on the road , dropping their record down to 12-4-1. As for Wakefield, the victory got them back to even at 5-5-2.
Rolesville suffered a grim 8-0 defeat to Wakefield in their previous meeting back in March. Can the Rams avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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