April 2, 2005
NORMAL, Ill. -
The Illinois State women's soccer team had a successful day at Adelaide Street Field as they defeated club teams, MN Bangu Tsunami and the MN Blackhawks in the Illinois State Soccer Invitational.
In the first match-up the `Birds defeated MN Bangu Tsunami, 2-0 and then went on to beat the MN Blackhawks, 3-0.
Megan Boler was an offensive threat for the Redbirds as she had three goals on the day. Taylor Casement and Jaclyn Rucinsky each chipped in a goal. Bethany Russ and Joyce Kleinheinz both had an assist.
Head soccer coach Pete Kowall was impressed with what he saw from his team during the tournament.
"We played two really good teams today," said Kowall. "I saw some really good things today from our team and it was a good experience for us playing some outside competition."
Kowall and his team will take this week to prepare for the college teams they will be facing next weekend.
"Next weekend we'll be playing some college teams and we'll have to work on some things, but the games today were a good preparation for us and an excellent way to get back into competition," added Kowall.
