Soccer Recap: Lyons Comes Up Short

Lyons managed to keep up with Libertyville until halftime on Saturday, but things quickly went downhill from there. The Lions lost 3-0 to the Wildcats. While losing is never fun, Lyons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 104th, while Libertyville are ranked eighth).

Lyons is on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-5-1. As for Libertyville, their victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-0-2.

Lyons has already played their next match, a 3-1 loss against Loyola Academy on the 24th. As for Libertyville, they also didn't take long to hit the pitch again: they've already played their next game, a 3-1 defeat against Stevenson on the 22nd.