Musketeers' Clark Cup chase comes to a close after falling to Lincoln 2-0 in game 3 of Western Conference semifinals
'It's obviously disappointing any time your season ends,' Sioux City Musketeers head coach Jason Kersner said. 'Lincoln was the best team in the league all season. I thought we competed really hard throughout the series and I thought it was 3 close games. Winning teams just find a way to win. We just couldn't generate enough high quality scoring opportunities. I thought we defended as hard as we could, I thought Samuel Urban was unbelievable tonight. But we just couldn't find enough offense against a really good team.'
Sioux City finishes the season with a 33-26-3-5 record.
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