It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Lyons had no problem doing just that on Monday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Curie Condors an 11-0 shutout. Considering Lyons has won ten matches by more than two goals this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Lyons is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-3-2 record this season. As for Curie, they dropped their record down to 2-17-1 with that defeat, which was their 12th straight on the road.
Lyons has the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome Riverside-Brookfield at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Riverside-Brookfield will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Illinois Rankings (they are ranked 95th, while Lyons is ranked 11th). Curie does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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