Soccer Game Preview: Oakland Christian vs. Lutheran Northwest

Lancers

Goals

05/06/25 vs Roeper	3
05/05/25 vs University Liggett	2
05/01/25 vs Bishop Foley	4
04/29/25 vs Inter-City Baptist	2
04/25/25 @ Plymouth Christian Academy	1
+ 6 more games

The Oakland Christian Lancers will challenge the Lutheran Northwest Crusaders at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Oakland Christian is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.8 goals per game this season.

Oakland Christian's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They blew past Roeper 3-0. Oakland Christian haven't had any issues with Roeper recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive victory against them.

Rowan Klein and Jess Reyes scored all three of Oakland Christian's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 24 goals.

Meanwhile, Lutheran Northwest was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They came up short against Inter-City Baptist, falling 8-0. While losing is never fun, Lutheran Northwest can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Michigan soccer rankings (they are ranked 324th, while Inter-City Baptist are ranked 105th).

Lutheran Northwest's defeat dropped their record down to 4-10-1. As for Oakland Christian, the win got them back to even at 4-4-3.

Oakland Christian took their victory against Lutheran Northwest when the teams last played back in April of 2024 by a conclusive 9-1 score. In that contest, the Lancers amassed a halftime lead of 6-1, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Thursday.