The Bloomington Purple Raiders soccer team (Bloomington, IL), was overwhelmed 8-0 in Thursday's league outing with the visiting Normal Community Ironmen (Normal, IL)

With the win, Normal Community advances its record to 2-1 on the campaign. The Ironmen host Normal University (Normal, IL) to play the Pioneers in a non-league outing on Saturday, September 3. The Pioneers go into the outing with a record of 2-3. Normal University lost 3-0 in their recent non-league outing against Normal West (Normal, IL)

In their next game, the Purple Raiders play the Centennial Chargers (Champaign, IL) in a Big Twelve outing, on Saturday, September 3. Bloomington will attempt to advance on its 1-6 season record. The Chargers go into the outing with a 1-2 record after their 2-1 non-league win over Mt. Zion (Mt. Zion, IL).