Soccer Recap: Richwoods Drops Season-High Score on Bloomington

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Team Score (Highest)

04/24/25 @ Bloomington	9
03/24/25 vs Illinois Valley Central	6
03/27/25 vs Limestone	5
04/11/25 vs Centennial	4
04/03/25 vs Metamora	3

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Richwoods). Their defense stepped up to hand the Bloomington Purple Raiders a 9-0 shutout on Thursday. The victory continues a trend for Richwoods in their matchups with Bloomington: they've now won five in a row.

Richwoods' offense was hitting Bloomington from everywhere, as seven different players booted in a goal. Ella Meritt-Ahanda led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.

Richwoods' win bumped their record up to 9-4-3. As for Bloomington, they have been struggling recently as they've lost six of their last seven matchups. That's put a noticeable dent in their 2-10 record this season.

Richwoods will host Manual at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Bloomington, they will face off against Moline at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday.