Belleville East came into their game on Thursday off a hard-fought close win, but unfortunately suffered a serious change of fortune. They came up short against the Edwardsville Tigers, falling 3-0. While losing is never fun, Belleville East can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 327th, while Edwardsville are ranked 131st).
Belleville East's loss dropped their record down to 1-7-1. As for Edwardsville, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests. That's provided a massive bump to their 6-5-1 record this season.
We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. Belleville East will challenge rival Alton at 6:45 p.m. on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Edwardsville is set to take on their familiar foe Belleville West at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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