Lake Zurich is 6-0 against Waukegan since April of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Lake Zurich Bears will be playing in front of their home fans against the Waukegan Bulldogs at 6:30 p.m. Lake Zurich is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4 goals per game this season.
Lake Zurich's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They walked away with a 2-0 win over Mundelein. Given Lake Zurich's advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 18th, while Mundelein is ranked 93rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Reilly Novak and
Sydney Arendarczyk scored both of Lake Zurich's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 24 goals.
Meanwhile, Waukegan was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They lost 9-0 to Stevenson.
The victory made it two in a row for Lake Zurich and bumps their season record up to 12-2-3. As for Waukegan, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-13-1.
Lake Zurich took their win against Waukegan when the teams last played back in May of 2023 by a conclusive 8-0. Will Lake Zurich repeat their success, or does Waukegan have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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