Lowell hasn't had much luck against Illiana Christian recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Lowell Red Devils will look to defend their home pitch against the Illiana Christian Vikings at 6:30 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Illiana Christian is hoping to do what Kankakee Valley couldn't on Wednesday: put an end to Lowell's winning streak, which now stands at five games. Lowell walked away with a 4-2 victory over Kankakee Valley. Given the Red Devils' advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana soccer rankings (they are ranked 92nd, while the Kougars are ranked 237th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Illiana Christian). They never let Highland onto the board and left with a 9-0 win on Monday. The Vikings might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three games by three goals or more this season.
Their offense was hitting Highland from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Grant Terpstra led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Lowell's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 5-3-1. As for Illiana Christian, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 4-1-1.
Lowell suffered a grim 6-0 defeat to Illiana Christian in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Will Lowell have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other soccer content.
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