The Nazareth Academy Roadrunners are taking a road trip to take on the Lyons Lions at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Nazareth Academy has given up an average of 2.7 goals per game this season, but Saturday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Nazareth Academy lost 5-2 to DePaul College Prep on Friday. While losing is never fun, Nazareth Academy can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 147th, while DePaul College Prep are ranked 43rd).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Lyons). They put the hurt on Proviso West with a sharp 9-0 victory on Thursday. Lyons might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five contests by three goals or more this season.
Their offense was hitting Proviso West from everywhere, as seven different players booted in a goal. Quinn Conway led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Lyons is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 11-2-3 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 24 goals over those eight matchups. As for Nazareth Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 5-9-2.
Nazareth Academy couldn't quite get it done against Lyons in their previous matchup back in May of 2025 as they fell 2-0. Can the Roadrunners avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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