The South Elgin Storm will head out on the road to square off against the Hampshire Whip-Purs at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. One thing working in South Elgin's favor is that they have posted at least four goals in their last three matchups.
South Elgin took a loss when they played away from home on Sunday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Elgin as they made off with a 5-0 victory. South Elgin haven't had any issues with Elgin recently, as the game was their third consecutive win against them.
South Elgin hit Elgin with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Nevaeh Gyurko (2), Ava Baker, Lindy Vidic, and Christina Slovik.
Meanwhile, Hampshire lost 6-2 to Cary-Grove on Thursday. While losing is never fun, Hampshire can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 257th, while Cary-Grove are ranked 123rd).
South Elgin now has a winning record of 8-7-2. As for Hampshire, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-8-1.
South Elgin took their victory against Hampshire when the teams last played back in March of 2024 by a conclusive 8-1 score. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Storm since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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