If Urbana was riding high fresh off their 4-0 takedown of Bloomington last Tuesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Tigers came up short against the Peoria Notre Dame Irish on Wednesday, falling 9-0. While losing is never fun, Urbana can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 242nd, while Peoria Notre Dame are ranked second).
Urbana's loss was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 4-4. As for Peoria Notre Dame, their victory was their seventh straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 12-0.
We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. Urbana is set to take on their familiar foe Champaign Central at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Peoria Notre Dame will face off against rival Richwoods at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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