Union Pines has enjoyed a four-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will head out to challenge the Montgomery Central Timberwolves at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Union Pines is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.8 goals per game this season.
Union Pines will bounce into Thursday's contest after beating Lee County, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Union Pines' defense stepped up to hand Lee County a 1-0 shutout on Monday. The Vikings wouldn't have won without Cole Harkins, who scored the game-winner.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Montgomery Central). They blew past South Stanly 9-0 on Monday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Union Pines is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a massive bump to their 4-4 record this season. As for Montgomery Central, their win bumped their record up to 3-4.
Everything went Union Pines' way against Montgomery Central in their previous matchup back in September of 2019 as Union Pines made off with a 4-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Union Pines 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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