The Lyons Lions are on the road again on Monday to play the Lincoln-Way East Griffins at 6:00 p.m. Lincoln-Way East took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Lyons, who comes in off a win.
Lyons' defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. They blew past Addison Trail 3-0. Given the Lions' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 76th, while the Blazers are ranked 202nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Lincoln-Way East's undefeated season came to an end after seven games on Saturday. While the 1-1 score might suggest a draw, it was Metea Valley who was credited with the victory. Metea Valley got it done in the shootout by posting six goals to Lincoln-Way East's five. Having soared to a lofty four goals in the game before, the Griffins couldn't push the score so high this time.
Lyons is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3-1 record this season. As for Lincoln-Way East, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 7-1.
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