The Geneva Vikings will take on the Elk Grove Grenadiers at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Geneva has four straight wins, Elk Grove has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
On Thursday, Geneva made easy work of Batavia and carried off a 6-1 victory. Given the Vikings' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 62nd, while the Bulldogs are ranked 346th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Geneva hit Batavia with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Alec Graham (2),
Caleb Kelly (2),
Evan Reynolds, and Reynolds.
Meanwhile, Elk Grove entered their game against Hersey on Thursday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Elk Grove took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Hersey. The match was a 0-0 toss-up at halftime, but the Grenadiers couldn't quite close it out.
Geneva's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-3-1. As for Elk Grove, their defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-4.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
