The Princeton Tigresses are taking their next step in the 2021 Class 1A Girls Soccer postseason and they are aiming for more super and sweet play.
Princeton (11-4) will make its fourth super-sectional appearance in school history when it meets West Chicago Wheaton Academy (17-4) at 4 p.m. in the Mendota Super-Sectional. PHS is 2-1 in three previous super-sectional contests.
The Tigresses beat Rockford Christian 4-3 Friday in Rockford to claim its third sectional championship.
Wheaton Academy beat Lisle 2-0 for its sectional title on its home pitch.
PHS won its last sectional championship in 2012, defeating Williamsville 3-0 at Chillicothe. The Tigresses went on to fall 3-0 to Manteno in the Urbana Super-Sectional.
PHS won back-to-back sectionals in 2006 and 2007, defeating Indian Creek 2-1 and Mendota 4-0.
The Tigresses also enjoyed super-sectional success those seasons, defeating Bloomington Central Catholic (2-0) and Indian Creek (1-0).
In two state appearances, PHS dropped their first matches each year, falling to Chicago Latin 5-2 in 2006 and Hampshire 1-0 in 2007.
Super-sectional pairings
In other super-sectional matches, Normal U-High (14-6) plays Quincy Notre Dame (15-1-1) in Bloomington, Elmhurst Timothy Christian (15-2) and Richmond-Burton (14-2-3) meet in Elmhurst on Monday while Alton Marquette (13-6-1) and Belleville Althoff (19-2) meet Tuesday in Columbia.
The winners of the Mendota and Columbia super-sectionals will meet in the state semifinals at 11 a.m. Friday, June 18 Hoffman Estates. The winners of the Bloomington and Elmhurst super-sectionals will follow at 1 p.m.
State finals will be held Saturday, June 19 with third place at 10 a.m. and first place at 2 p.m.
Tickets sold online
Tickets for Monday’s super-sectional will be sold online and can be purchased using, The GOFAN app or via the following link: http://gofan.co/IHSA