Portland Girls Soccer took the field Thursday evening to face the Greyhounds from Eaton Rapids.  With a tough loss to Lansing Catholic last week the Raiders looked to rebound and get back in CAAC League play.  The game started off very even with both teams pressuring each other's defense looking to be the first team to score.  The first half ended scoreless 0-0.  Eaton Rapids wasted no time and was able to get the first goal of the game in the opening minutes of the second half.  Just a couple minutes later they scored again taking a 2 goal lead over the Raiders.  ER had a chance to make the game 0-3 but missed on a penalty kick opportunity. 

Down two goals, the Raiders continued to battle. With 20 minutes left in the game Kalya Zerfas found the back of net from a bobbled ball by the ER goalie.  With only 8 minutes, left senior Sami Rushin was able to find Ashley Bower in front of the net for a spectacular header to tie the game 2-2.  The momentum didn't stop for the Raiders as they continued to press the Greyhound defense for the winning goal.  With only 5 minutes left in the game Ava Gruber connected with a pass to Ashley Bower who found the back of the net for the game winning goal.

The Raiders moved to 2-3 on the season and will host Leslie at 10am Saturday for the first round game of the Spring Sports Carnival.