With a playoff game on the line, Lincoln-Way East rose to the challenge on Saturday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Thornton Fractional North/Thornton Fractional South Meteors a 2-0 shutout. Given the Griffins' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 25th, while the Meteors are ranked 101st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Kamden Williams and
Josh Mensching scored both of Lincoln-Way East's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 33 goals.
Lincoln-Way East is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-4-2 record this season. As for Thornton Fractional North/Thornton Fractional South, their loss dropped their record down to 11-5-5.
Lincoln-Way East's road trip will continue as they head out to face Andrew at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Lincoln-Way East is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.7 goals per game this season. Thornton Fractional North/Thornton Fractional South does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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