Soccer Recap: Jacksonville Comes Up Short

Jacksonville came into their game on Monday off a hard-fought close win, but unfortunately suffered a serious change of fortune. They lost 3-0 to the Pleasant Plains/New Berlin Cardinals. While losing is never fun, Jacksonville can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 68th, while Pleasant Plains/New Berlin are ranked fourth).

Jacksonville's defeat dropped their record down to 2-3-1. As for Pleasant Plains/New Berlin, they pushed their record up to 6-0 with the win, which was their third straight on the road.

Jacksonville has already played their next game (against Springfield), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Pleasant Plains/New Berlin, they wasted no time getting back out on the pitch and have already played their next match, a 9-0 victory against Lutheran on the 1st.