Soccer Recap: Lincoln-Way Central Falls Short of Lincoln-Way East in the Playoffs

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Lincoln-Way Central can now relate to. They came up short against the Lincoln-Way East Griffins on Friday, falling 3-0. Considering the last time Lincoln-Way Central couldn't score was back in April, the team can't take the result too hard.

Knights

Previous 5 Games

05/30/25 vs Lincoln-Way East	0-3
05/27/25 vs Andrew	2-0
05/23/25 @ Mother McAuley	4-0
05/20/25 vs Shepard	9-0
05/13/25 @ Lincoln-Way West	5-0

The defeat snapped Lincoln-Way Central's winning streak at nine games and leaves them with a 17-4 record. As for Lincoln-Way East, the victory (which was their seventh in a row) raised their record to 18-3-1.

Lincoln-Way Central does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Lincoln-Way East, they will square off against O'Fallon at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. O'Fallon's defense has only allowed 0.2 goals per game this season, so Lincoln-Way East's offense will have their work cut out for them.