Statesville hasn't had much luck against East Lincoln recently, but that could start to change on Wednesday. The Statesville Greyhounds' road trip will continue as they head out to face the East Lincoln Mustangs at 6:00 p.m.
On Monday, Statesville came up short against North Lincoln and fell 3-1. That's two games in a row now that the Greyhounds have lost by exactly two goals.
Meanwhile, East Lincoln had already won 13 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.5 goals) and they went ahead and made it 14 on Monday. They beat the Red Tornadoes by a goal, winning 3-2. Tristan Kendall had to tread lightly for part of the match after he was hit with a yellow card, but that was the only trouble the Mustangs got from the refs.
East Lincoln hit Hickory with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Alex Nikitchuk,
Carter King, and
Zachary Hoyt.
Statesville's loss dropped their record down to 3-18-1. As for East Lincoln, their victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 18-1-2.
Statesville suffered a grim 6-0 defeat to East Lincoln when the teams last played on October 7th. Can Statesville avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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