Posted Friday, April 28, 2006, The OG, sports

Uni was held scoreless Thursday for the second consecutive game as host Mattoon powered its way to an 8-0 victory. The loss drops the Illineks' varsity record to 3-11. Nine of the losses have been shutouts.

Mattoon scored six goals in the first half. Junior goalie Mandy Grill made 19 saves but got little support for the Uni offense, which managed only a single shot on goal.

In the second half, the Green Wave added two more goals. Grill stopped seven shots, but the Illineks launched only two shots of their own.

Uni was again without leading goal scorer Suran Yoo. The sophomore has been nursing a knee injury suffered in last Friday's win over Monticello.

“The Mattoon players were really aggressive and quick,” said senior co-captain Roveiza Irfan. “We lacked depth — we only had 15 people healthy enough to play varsity — and were unable to match Mattoon's speed and aggression. We did, however, step it up in the second half and limited Mattoon to seven shots on goal vs. 19 in the first half.”

The girls host Danville on Tuesday in a 4:30 p.m. varsity match. Visit the team's home page for a complete schedule of 2006 games.

In other soccer news, the IHSA has announced the schedule for the Class A sectionals. The girls will compete in the Decatur St. Teresa bracket, where they will face Decatur Lutheran on May 16 at 4 p.m.

If the Illineks win that game, two days later they would face the winner of the May 15 Judah Christian-Decatur St. Teresa match.

— Gargoyle staff