On Monday afternoon, the Grand Rapids Christian Eagles traveled to Greenville to kick off their week. After a few early chances, the Eagles scored their first goal in the twelfth minute building from the back. Kate VandenBerg played a great ball just past midfield to Julia Timmer who beat her defender and found herself 1v1 with the Greenville keeper and found the back of the net. Five minutes later, the Eagles had a corner kick that resulted in a Greenville hand ball in the box. Kaitlynn Trook stepped up to take the penalty and buried it in the lower left corner putting the Eagles up 2-0. In the twenty eighth minute, Stella Sheldon won a ball in the Eagles offensive half and played a through ball to Emma Van Goor on the left side. Emma placed the ball far post for the Eagles third goal of the game. The half ended 3-0.

The Eagles got off to a quick start in the second half when Kate LaRue won a ball in the middle, drove forward on the dribble and and found the back of the net from just inside the eighteen. A few minutes later, Stella Sheldon turned on her defender around half field and dribbled up the field to put a shot on goal where it deflected off the Greenville keeper. Emma Van Goor was there to clean up and put the Eagles up 5-0. The Eagles final goal would complete the hat trick for Emma VanGoor when she won the ball in the middle of the field, beat a couple defenders and found the right side netting to make it 6-0. In the final minutes of the game, Greenville cleaned up an Eagles error making the final score 6-1.

The Eagles will be back in action for senior night at Eagles Stadium on Wednesday evening against Lowell. Kick off is at 7:30pm.