U18 Girls Get Off to a Good Start

The U18 girls kicked their season off in the right direction with two victories in Rockford, IL this past weekend. The girls had a convincing 6-0 win on Saturday against the Palatine Celtics, and followed it up the next morning with a 2-1 win over Fox Valley Strikers.

 On Saturday afternoon, the U18 girls got off to a slow start in the first half against Palatine Celtics, where they headed into halftime locked at 0-0. Right after the break, the scoring started and didn’t stop until it was 6-0 and the final whistle blew.

Powell (46. Moss); Ulrich (71. Patterson); Moss (74. Fredette); Lundberg (80. Ulrich); Lundberg (85. Fredette); Jilk (89. Lundberg)

Coming off a great win, the girls had an early start the next morning at 8am against the Fox Valley Strikers. The scoring took place early on in this match with all three of the games goals coming in the first 25 minutes. The SSM girls were able to hold on to a 2-1 win to get their second victory of the early season.

Powell (8. Ulrich); Fox Valley Strikers (10.); Powell (22. Lundberg)

The SSM U18 girls are now sitting on top of the MRL First Division Red, with 8 goals for, and only 1 goal against.  This coming weekend the girls travel to Iowa to take on three strong Michigan opponents in the Michigan Rush, Michigan Hawks, and the Grand Rapids Crew.