It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact East Duplin can now relate to. They lost 5-0 to the Roanoke Rapids Yellowjackets on Thursday. While losing is never fun, East Duplin can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 180th, while Roanoke Rapids are ranked 36th).
East Duplin's loss ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-9-2. As for Roanoke Rapids, their win was their 12th straight at home, which pushed their record up to 21-1.
East Duplin does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Roanoke Rapids, they will head out to challenge Franklin Academy at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Franklin Academy will roll in looking for their 24th straight victory, something Roanoke Rapids surely won't give up without a fight.
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