The Wakefield Wolverines are taking a road trip to take on the Wake Forest Cougars at 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Wakefield is looking to tack on another W to their six-game streak on the road.
Wakefield is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Rolesville just ended the team's seven-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell just short of the Rams by a score of 2-1. Both teams had to tread carefully at times as the refs weren't afraid to hand out yellow cards: Justin Dawson was handed one for the Wolverines, while the Rams got theirs courtesy of Joseph Lezama.
Meanwhile, Wake Forest narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Heritage 2-1. The win was all the more spectacular given the Cougars' disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 121st, while the Huskies are ranked 18th).
Wakefield's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 14-2. As for Wake Forest, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-6-4.
Wakefield beat Wake Forest 2-0 when the teams last played back in September. The rematch might be a little tougher for Wakefield since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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