Charlotte Catholic has won six straight games at home, while South Mecklenburg has won six straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Saturday. The Charlotte Catholic Cougars will challenge the South Mecklenburg Sabres at 6:00 p.m. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Charlotte Catholic is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They came out on top against Hough by a score of 4-2. Given the Cougars' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked ninth, while the Huskies are ranked 90th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Charlotte Catholic hit Hough with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Emmett Drensek (2),
Keane LoCascio, and
Sean Lynds.
Meanwhile, South Mecklenburg earned a 3-1 win over Ragsdale on Thursday.
South Mecklenburg is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-6-4 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 21 goals over those six matches. As for Charlotte Catholic, their victory bumped their record up to 19-4.
Everything went Charlotte Catholic's way against South Mecklenburg when the teams last played back in August, as Charlotte Catholic made off with a 5-1 win. In that contest, Charlotte Catholic amassed a halftime lead of 3-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Saturday.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
