Lumberton has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will take on the Seventy-First Falcons at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Seventy-First took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Lumberton, who comes in off a win.
Lumberton scored the most goals they've had all season to find success on Tuesday. They never let Douglas Byrd onto the board and left with a 9-0 victory. The team's explosion on offense also rewarded Lumberton with their most commanding win of the season.
Their offense was hitting Douglas Byrd from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Chloe Hammonds led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, Seventy-First was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their sixth straight defeat. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 11-0 walloping at the hands of Purnell Swett. While losing is never fun, Seventy-First can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 389th, while Purnell Swett is ranked 61st).
Lumberton's win bumped their record up to 4-2-3. As for Seventy-First, their loss dropped their record down to 1-6.
Lumberton might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Seventy-First in their previous meeting back in May of 2023. Can Lumberton avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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