Oglesby, IL: Rock Valley College Women's Soccer registered the first win of the season vs Illinois Valley Community College on Saturday. The Golden Eagles came out on top 5-2 with a dominant performance vs Illinois Valley Community College . RVC is now 1-2 in Region play and looking to improve on their record hosting games against: Blackhawk College Thursday, September 30^th, College of DuPage on Saturday, October 2^nd and a rematch against Illinois Valley on Monday, October 4^th.

#7 Abbigail Hawes got the Golden Eagles off to a lead in the 20^th minute when #20 Ingrid Sanchez split the Eagles defenders with a well weighted pass. The IVCC goalkeeper Amanda Moran came off her line to cut the angle and forced Hawes wide of goal. Hawes was able to turn and bend a ball over the goalkeeper and into the back of the net. The buildup to the second goal came from #10 Makayla Haight driving inside from the wing and slipping a ball in for #23 Reina Roderick who was fouled when touching the ball past the goalkeeper in the box. #24 Julia Theien converted from the spot making the score line 2-0 in the 26^th minute. Just before half #26 Lupe Garcia served a ball in the box finding #19 Alexia Pena all alone and converted after initially hitting the crossbar for her second goal of the season.

The second half saw Illinois Valley's #11 Daisy Arteaga who picked up the ball on the left wing beating a defender and finding the top corner. RVC restored the lead when a quick throw by Abby Hawes found the run of Reina Roderick through on goal before being tackled behind in the box. Julia Theien connected again from the spot making it 4-1. IVCC's, Diasy Arteaga was able to score a brace by breaking through the RVC defense before firing home from close range with goalkeeper #0 Kayla Rowley getting a hand to it, but unable to keep it out. The Golden Eagles netted their 5^th goal before the final whistle as they were able to switch play through the back line finding Abby Hawes on the wing. Her cross found Reina Roderick who brought the ball out of the air in stride and slotted home the final goal.

Rock Valley College coach Kevan Watkins commented, "I am proud of the team and their performance today. This group has made strides over our short time together and continues to improve each game. We had good some good moments in possession that allowed us to stretch the IVCC defense and create spaces centrally and in behind their backline. We created a handful of good chances that we were not able to capitalize on. The positive take away is that we are creating these moments and four different players were able to find the back of the net. Defensively, we did not allow many chances and were able to connect play through our midfield to start our attacking phase of play. This a game we can build on and give us confidence through the final month of our season."