Winners of the past three AA State Championships, the Lincoln boys soccer team is poised to defend its most recent title with home field advantage through the preliminary rounds of the playoffs.
During the regular season the team went 9 -1-2 (Wins-Losses-Draws) and enter the playoffs with home-field as the #1 seed and are ranked #1 in the most recent coaches poll!
Captains are Grant Oleson (Center back) and Holden Hilmoe (Midfielder).
The offense has scored 44 goals and our defense has only allowed 3 goals so far this season. On the offensive side Junior Miles Rolfing (a returning 2nd Team All-State selection) leads the team with 14 goals and 2 assists. Senior Jake Burchett leads the team in assists with 6 and also has 4 goals.
Goalkeeper Opland Sonnichsen is a returning first team All-State selection from last year and has 30 saves. The defense includes two year starters Grant Oleson, Charlie Krueger and Ben Jensen on the back line and overall the defense has only allowed three total goals this season.
Best of luck to Coach Alex Nelson and his stellar squad! GO PATS!
For more information about the State Tournament, follow this link: https://sdhsaa.com/activity/soccer-championships/