Soccer Preview: Lincoln vs. St. Albert
Lincoln is 4-0 against St. Albert since April of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Lincoln Lynx will be playing at home against the St. Albert Falcons at 7:45 p.m. Both teams are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
Lincoln is coming into the matchup fresh off a high-scoring shootout with Omaha Northwest that saw the pair combine for 18 shots on goal. Lincoln's defense stepped up to hand Omaha Northwest a 7-0 shutout on Saturday. The high-scoring effort was just what Lincoln needed considering they were shutout in their previous contest.
Their offense was hitting Omaha Northwest from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Irving Cruz led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, St. Albert can now show off four landslide victories after their most recent match on Thursday. They blew past Missouri Valley 12-2. While fans of St. Albert might be used to big wins, the ten-goal margin marked the team's biggest one yet.
Lincoln's victory bumped their record up to 2-5. As for St. Albert, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season.
Everything went Lincoln's way against St. Albert in their previous meeting back in April of 2023 as Lincoln made off with a 4-1 win. Will Lincoln repeat their success, or does St. Albert have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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