Dixon has been on the road for four straight, but on Tuesday they'll finally head home. They will take on the West Carteret Patriots at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams beat their previous opponents by a single goal, so this matchup might be just as contested.
If Dixon beats West Carteret with two goals on Tuesday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. Dixon narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Croatan 2-1. Given Dixon's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 43rd, while Croatan is ranked 197th), the result on Thursday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Alexa Cole and
Lily Getman scored both of Dixon's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 15 goals.
Meanwhile, West Carteret kept a clean sheet against Swansboro on Friday. They beat the Pirates by a goal, winning 1-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for West Carteret.
Dixon has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-1-2 record this season. As for West Carteret, their victory bumped their record up to 10-3-4.
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