Green Hope has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will square off against the Holly Springs Golden Hawks at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. Green Hope will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more goals each contest than the last.
Green Hope is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. Their defense stepped up to hand New Hanover a 9-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for the Falcons, who have now won 12 games by three goals or more so far this season.
Their offense was hitting New Hanover from everywhere, as seven different players booted in a goal.
Ethan Scott led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Holly Springs entered their tilt with Chapel Hill on Thursday with five consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with six. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Tigers 2-1. Given the Golden Hawks' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked first, while the Tigers are ranked 72nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Holly Springs pushed their record up to 22-1-1 with the win, which was their 14th straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 50 goals over those 14 matches. As for Green Hope, their victory bumped their record up to 22-4.
Green Hope might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Holly Springs when the teams last played back in October. Can Green Hope avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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