The South Caldwell Spartans will venture away from home to face off against the Freedom Patriots at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. South Caldwell's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for three straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
South Caldwell came into their game on Wednesday off a hard-fought close win, but unfortunately suffered a serious change of fortune. They came up short against Watauga, falling 6-0. While losing is never fun, South Caldwell can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 243rd, while Watauga are ranked 33rd).
Meanwhile, Freedom had to endure a ten-match losing streak, but that streak is no more. They skirted past St. Stephens 3-2.
Freedom's victory was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-6 and their overall record up to 4-13-1. As for South Caldwell, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-8-4.
Everything went South Caldwell's way against Freedom in their previous matchup on October 1st, as South Caldwell made off with a 4-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Spartans 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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