Soccer Preview: Oak Lawn vs. Reavis
The Oak Lawn Spartans will head out on the road to face off against the Reavis Rams at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Oak Lawn stacked a sixth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Saturday. They put the hurt on Goode STEM Academy with a sharp 4-0 victory. Given Oak Lawn's advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 185th, while Goode STEM Academy is ranked 396th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Reavis sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over Urbana on Saturday.
Reavis was led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Isabel Lopez and
Alaina Hernandez, who scored both of Reavis' goals. The pair have combined for a total of 18 so far this season.
Oak Lawn is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season. As for Reavis, their victory ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 7-8-1.
Oak Lawn beat Reavis by a goal when the teams last played back in April of 2023, winning 3-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for Oak Lawn since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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