Lennox Charles saw a microcosm of Polk County’s season to date in Wednesday’s 5-0 loss to undefeated Hendersonville in G.M. Tennant Stadium.
At times, Polk County held its own with the favored Bearcats, especially in the second half, when the Wolverines allowed just a late goal and created several scoring opportunities on the offensive end.
But in the first half, defensive lapses and mental mistakes cost Polk, allowing Hendersonville to build a 4-0 advantage by the break.
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Those slipups echoed miscues that Charles saw in Polk’s 3-0 loss to Owen on Monday.
“Both of those teams are really good technically, and we felt like both teams would have more possessions,” Charles said of Owen and Hendersonville.
“When you play good teams, you can’t have those really easy breakdowns and can’t let them have gimmes. We can’t give the other teams easy goals, especially good teams. We have to make them work for every goal. We have to be clean.”
Hendersonville standout Matthew Mel rocketed in a shot from the right wing four minutes into Wednesday’s match, and the Bearcats (10-0, 6-0) were never headed after that.
But Charles did find some bright spots in the match.
“We showed, for 10 seconds, 30 seconds, we showed flashes where we possessed the ball,” Charles said. “But we were not consistent enough, and we can’t have those breakdowns to give them easy goals.”
Now 5-7-1 overall and 3-2 in conference play, Polk County is back in action Thursday, traveling to Kings Mountain for a non-conference match.
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