The Stone Mountain Pirates will head out on the road to square off against the Druid Hills Red Devils at 7:30 p.m. on Monday.
Thursday just wasn't the day for Stone Mountain's offense. They were the victim of a tough 5-0 loss at the hands of Westminster on Thursday. While losing is never fun, Stone Mountain can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia soccer rankings (they are ranked 242nd, while Westminster is ranked 77th).
Stone Mountain was without their leading scorer, Laurent Risase, in Thursday's contest. With Risase sitting this one out, Bibe Lunangela got some extra time on the pitch (80 vs. his season average of 31.6666666666667).
Meanwhile, Druid Hills kept a clean sheet against Tucker on Friday. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over the Tigers. The victory was just what Druid Hills needed coming off of a 6-0 defeat in their prior match.
This is the second loss in a row for Stone Mountain and nudges their season record down to 2-3. As for Druid Hills, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 4-2-1 record this season.
Stone Mountain suffered a grim 8-1 defeat to Druid Hills when the teams last played back in March of 2023. Can Stone Mountain avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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