On Wednesday evening, the Grand Rapids Christian Eagles hosted Northview for the second round of the conference tournament after both teams lost their first-round games. This was the second time GRC played Northview this season with a 3-1 result for the Eagles during the first match. Northview got off to a fast start with a goal in the ninth minute coming off a long throw in their offensive third. The Eagles created a lot of opportunities in the first half finding the crossbar a few times, but ultimately the first half ended with GRC trailing 0-1. 

The second half started much how the first ended with the Eagles controlling a lot of possession but struggling to find a goal. That changed with less than 20 minutes to play when Stella Sheldon won a ball in the middle of the field, took a few touches and played a beautiful ball past Northview’s back line for Emma VanGoor who found herself 1v1 with the Northview goalie. The goalie came out and VanGoor played it past her on the ground making the game 1-1. GRC kept the pressure on wanting to end the game in regulation and not send it to OT. With less than four minutes to play, Kaitlynn Trook found Kate LaRue on the right side who beat her defender and played a ball into the box. She found teammate Lydia Ydenberg who took one touch, shot and scored for the freshman’s first goal of the season. The Eagles held on for the last four minutes and won 2-1. 

The Eagles will travel to Lowell on Friday for a 5:30pm game which will complete the conference tournament. Lowell beat their second-round opponent, Greenville. The Eagles will then be off for a week until next week Friday when they host the first round of the district tournament.