Jacobs managed to keep up with South Elgin until halftime on Saturday, but things quickly went downhill from there. The Golden Eagles lost 6-2 to the Storm. While losing is never fun, Jacobs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 299th, while South Elgin are ranked 35th).
Noah Anderson and Markus Bonilla scored both of Jacobs' goals, bringing their combined season tally to three goals.
This is the second loss in a row for Jacobs and nudges their season record down to 2-6-1. As for South Elgin, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches. That somehow still isn't as good as their 10-2-1 record this season.
Jacobs will head out to face off against Central at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. As for South Elgin, they didn't take long to hit the pitch again: they've already played their next contest, a 1-0 victory against Maine South on the 21st.
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