Soccer Recap: Lake Zurich Drops Season-High Score on Zion-Benton

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Team Score (Highest)

05/01/25 vs Zion-Benton	7
03/31/25 vs Niles North	4
04/22/25 @ Waukegan	3
03/17/25 @ Niles West	3
04/29/25 @ Lake Forest	2

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Lake Zurich). Their defense stepped up to hand the Zion-Benton Zee-Bees a 7-0 shutout on Thursday. Lake Zurich haven't had any issues with Zion-Benton recently, as the game was their ninth consecutive victory against them.

Lake Zurich's offense was hitting Zion-Benton from everywhere, as seven different players booted in a goal.

Lake Zurich's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-1-2. The home victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 14 goals over those five games. As for Zion-Benton, they have been struggling recently as they've lost 11 of their last 12 matches. That's put a noticeable dent in their 3-13 record this season.

We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. Lake Zurich will challenge rival Mundelein at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Zion-Benton is set to take on their familiar foe Libertyville at 6:45 p.m. on Tuesday.