The Lemont Lemont HS will head out on the road to challenge the Andrew Thunderbolts at 6:15 p.m. on Monday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Andrew is hoping to do on Monday what Blue Island Eisenhower couldn't on Saturday: put an end to Lemont's winning streak, which now stands at ten games. Lemont's defense stepped up to hand Blue Island Eisenhower a 7-0 shutout. Given Lemont's advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 62nd, while Blue Island Eisenhower is ranked 239th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Andrew had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.5 goals), and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They were the clear victor by a 5-0 margin over the Boilermakers. Give Andrew's defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
They hit Bradley-Bourbonnais with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Paige Swaw (2),
Grace Wood,
Emily Crotty, and
Grace McGlynn.
Lemont pushed their record up to 15-3 with that win, which was their seventh straight at home. As for Andrew, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5-1 record this season.
Lemont suffered a grim 4-1 defeat to Andrew in their previous matchup back in May of 2023. Can Lemont avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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