Pekin 4, Limestone 1

PEKIN, Ill. -
PEKIN — The Pekin girls’ soccer team continued its winning ways Thursday with a 4-1 Mid-Illini Conference victory over Limestone at Coal Miners Park.
The Lady Dragons (7-2-1, 5-1-1) put it away early as junior Shawna Swisher scored three goals in the first 17 minutes.
“Shawna has been sacrificing her own offense and doing everything I’ve asked to help the team this year and it has paid off, so it’s nice to see her break out like this,” said Pekin coach Edgar Sandoval.
Swisher’s first goal came just five minutes into the contest after freshman Sarah Zuercher played a perfect ball right in front of the goal. The assist was Zuercher’s 10th, which ties the Pekin record for most assists in a season.
Down 3-0, the Rockets struck back when senior Rachel Kyle dribbled past several Pekin defenders and blasted the ball into the net, ending Pekin’s consecutive shutout streak at three.
In the second half it was Swisher returning the favor, assisting on Zuercher’s eighth goal of the season. Despite the Lady Dragons’ six-match undefeated streak (5-0-1), Sandoval was dissatisfied with his team’s effort.
“The truth is after a great first 17 minutes, we played really uninspired soccer,” Sandoval said. “I don’t know if we felt like they weren’t going to try after that or what. It was good enough to win today, but our girls feel like we can play better than that… and we’re going to have to if we want to do well in our tournament.”