Soccer Game Preview: Lincoln Southwest vs. Norfolk

Silver Hawks

Goals

04/01/25 vs Lincoln East	2
03/29/25 @ Creighton Prep	1
03/25/25 @ Lincoln High	4
03/22/25 vs Lincoln North Star	3

Lincoln Southwest has gone a perfect 5-0 against Norfolk recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Silver Hawks will take on the Panthers at 7:00 p.m. Lincoln Southwest is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.5 goals per game this season.

Lincoln Southwest and Lincoln East faced off in a cross-town battle on Tuesday. The Silver Hawks walked away with a 2-0 win over the Spartans. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but Lincoln Southwest were the better team in the second half.

Abedin Gusic and Cam Rakowsky scored both of Lincoln Southwest's goals, which were season-firsts for both players.

Meanwhile, Norfolk came tearing into Tuesday's game with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2 goals), and they left with even more momentum. They came within a single goal of losing the streak, but they secured a 2-1 W against the Islanders. That's two games straight that Norfolk have won by just one goal.

Norfolk's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 5-1. Those road wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored ten goals over those three contests. As for Lincoln Southwest, their victory bumped their record up to 3-1.

Lincoln Southwest came out on top in a nail-biter against Norfolk in their previous meeting back in April of 2024, sneaking past 1-0. Do the Silver Hawks have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Panthers turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.