The Asheville Cougars will head out on the road to take on the A.C. Reynolds Rockets at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Asheville can't be too worried about heading out to take on A.C. Reynolds: they just beat Enka at home, who had been dominant on their own pitch up to that point. The Cougars never let the Jets get on the board and left with a 3-0 win on Wednesday. Asheville better thank their lucky stars for the performance of Peyton Case, as she scored every single goal for her team.
Asheville's lineup was just a bit different on Wednesday as Case got a bit more time on the pitch (70 vs. her season average of 45). Case made the most of the opportunity, scoring three goals A few more games like that and she might be seeing even more time going forward.
Meanwhile, A.C. Reynolds had already won two in a row and they went ahead and made it three on Wednesday. They were the clear victors by a 6-0 margin over the Titans. Given A.C. Reynolds' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 30th, while McDowell are ranked 441st) , the win wasn't entirely unexpected.
Asheville has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 14-3-1 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 56 goals over those nine games. As for A.C. Reynolds, their win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 17-3-2.
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