Soccer Preview: Round Lake vs. Wauconda
After three games on the road, Round Lake is heading back home. They will welcome the Wauconda Bulldogs at 6:15 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Round Lake will roll into the game after a wild two-game stretch: they didn't score any goals on Sunday, then bounced right back against Grayslake North on Tuesday. Round Lake put the hurt on Grayslake North with a sharp 4-1 win.
Meanwhile, Wauconda entered their tilt with Grant Community on Tuesday with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over the Bulldogs. Given Wauconda's advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 77th, while Grant Community is ranked 277th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Wauconda hit Grant Community with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Sam Jurczyk,
Michael D?Incognito, and
Freddy Barnshaw.
Round Lake's win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 6-7-1. As for Wauconda, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-2 record this season.
Round Lake came out on top in a nail-biter against Wauconda in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, sneaking past 2-1. Will Round Lake repeat their success, or does Wauconda have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
