Women's Soccer:
Chatham Glenwood High School graduate Erin Egolf scored three goals and the University of Illinois Springfield posted its first-ever Great Lakes Valley Conference victory, beating Kentucky Wesleyan 4-1 Friday at Kiwanis Stadium.
The victory was also the Prairie Stars’ first of the season and moved their record to 1-6-0 overall and 1-5-0 in the GLVC. Kentucky Wesleyan dropped to 2-5-0 and 1-5-0.
UIS struck early as Egolf, a sophomore, tallied her first goal of the night at the 5:40 mark after she took a feed from Katlin Petersen. The Panthers tied it at 18:41, and the half ended 1-1.
The second half was all UIS. Ashley Stariha gave the Prairie Stars the lead for good at the 58:25 mark with assists coming from Casey Thorpe and Kaitlyn Ebarb.
Men's Soccer:
The University of Illinois Springfield posted its first-ever Great Lakes Valley Conference victory and new Prairie Stars coach Chad Jones recorded his first win as UIS beat Kentucky Wesleyan 2-1 at Kiwanis Stadium.
UIS improved to 1-5-1 overall and 1-4-1 in the GLVC while the Panthers fell to 2-6-0 and 0-6-0.
The Prairie Stars got on the board first when Ahmedtayib Haji scored unassisted at the 20:43 mark.
Early in the second half UIS got what would be the game-winner from Brandon Belcon who tallied off an assist from Frank Rodriguez at 49:53.
The wins were featured in a September 25, 2010, article in The State Journal-Register.
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