Pekin 1, Metamora 1

After ending Morton’s 68-game conference winning streak, the Pekin girls soccer team came back to Earth on Friday, but were still able to manage a 1-1 tie with Metamora. The Lady Dragons came out flat and gave up a goal to the Redbirds’ Kristin Rauh 16 minutes into the first half.

“Coming off such an emotional win, we really struggled to get focused," said Pekin coach Edgar Sandoval. But this is uncharted territory for us.”

The Lady Dragons came out much stronger the second half with seven shots on goal. Junior Shawna Swisher’s blast with 12 minutes to go was saved by Metamora’s Martina Fraboni, but she couldn’t catch it. Sarah Zuercher crashed the box and sent it home for the equalizer.

Pekin had several solid chances in the last several minutes, many created by Marissa McGurr, who moved up to the midfield, but it just wasn’t to be.

“We dominated the second half, but were just unable to get that second goal," Sandoval said. "But they shut us out twice last year, so the fact that they couldn’t put us away twice this year is still great progress. Unfortunately it’s probably going to cost us our share of the conference title.”

Pekin outshot Metamora 9 to 5. The Lady Dragons travel to Washington on Tuesday.