The Oakland Christian Lancers and the Lutheran Northwest Crusaders are set to duel on Thursday. Oakland Christian is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.7 goals per game this season.
Oakland Christian is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Monday. Their defense stepped up to hand Memphis an 8-0 shutout. The Lancers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight matches by three goals or more this season.
Their offense was hitting Memphis from everywhere, as seven different players booted in a goal.
Tommy Seidel led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Lutheran Northwest had to endure an 11-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. They came out on top against Austin Catholic by a score of 2-0 on Thursday. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Crusaders were the better team in the second half.
Oakland Christian pushed their record up to 11-6-2 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. As for Lutheran Northwest, their win ended a five-game drought on the road and puts them at 2-13-1.
Oakland Christian came out on top in a nail-biter against Lutheran Northwest when the teams last played back in September, sneaking past 2-1. Does Oakland Christian have another victory up their sleeve, or will Lutheran Northwest turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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