ALTON – In this gorgeous Saturday morning's game, the Alton High School Redbirds girls soccer team landed a win on their new home field, the Piasa Motor Fuels Field, during a non-conference matchup with the Springfield High School Senators.
After an intense defensive battle, the Redbirds recorded a win against the Senators with a score of 3-2 after eighty minutes.
Alton Head Coach Jeff Hayes felt “ecstatic” after the win against Springfield.
“Springfield has a really strong team, they’re physical all over the field and they know how to play,” Hayes said.
Alton earned their first goal of the game at 25:52, where sophomore Katie Kercher scored on an assist by sophomore Brianna Hatfield.
AHS junior Annie Evans locked down her goal at 10:41 with yet another assist by Hatfield.
In the second period, Springfield earned their second and final point as seniorCressa Wagner came from around the back and ended up scoring a goal from the corner at 27:20.
Although his team took a loss, Senators Coach Patrick Phillips was proud of his girls’ play throughout the day.
“I thought we played well enough,” Phillips said. “We just didn’t capitalize on some of our chances.”
