The Lutheran Northwest Crusaders are taking a road trip to face off against the Oakland Christian Lancers at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Lutheran Northwest is coming into the game on a five-game losing streak.
Lutheran Northwest fell victim to Inter-City Baptist and their airtight defense on Tuesday. They lost 8-0 to the Chargers. 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).
Meanwhile, Oakland Christian kept a clean sheet against Roeper on Tuesday. They put the hurt on the Roughriders with a sharp 3-0 win. 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.
Lutheran Northwest's loss dropped their record down to 4-10-1. As for Oakland Christian, the win got them back to even at 4-4-3.
Lutheran Northwest might still be hurting after the 9-1 defeat they got from Oakland Christian in their previous meeting back in April of 2024. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point the Crusaders were down 6-1.
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