The Normal University Pioneers will play host again on Tuesday to welcome the Springfield Senators, where kickoff is scheduled at 4:30 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Normal University is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They never let Decatur Eisenhower onto the board and left with a 9-0 victory on Monday. Given the Pioneers' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked tenth, while the Panthers are ranked 389th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Springfield made easy work of Jacksonville on Thursday and carried off a 3-0 win. That's two games straight that the Senators have won by exactly three goals.
They hit Jacksonville with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
August Bilyeu,
Gavin Oyler, and
Evan Carrell.
Normal University's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-0. As for Springfield, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season.
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