The Lake Zurich Bears will head out on the road to square off against the Hersey Huskies at 4:45 p.m. on Thursday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many goals in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Lake Zurich has not lost a match yet, a trend which continued in their latest game two weeks ago. Neither they nor Vernon Hills could gain the upper hand so the two teams had to settle for a 1-1 draw. The result (or lack thereof) marked Lake Zurich's first draw of the season.
Their goal came courtesy of
Sydney Arendarczyk, who's now up to six this season.
Meanwhile, Saturday just wasn't the day for Hersey's offense. They fell just short of St. Charles East by a score of 1-0 two weeks ago. While losing is never fun, Hersey can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 148th, while St. Charles East is ranked 43rd).
As for Lake Zurich, they moved theirs to 4-0-1. As for Hersey, their loss was their fourth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 2-5.
Lake Zurich skirted past Hersey 1-0 in their previous meeting back in April of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Lake Zurich since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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