A 3-1 loss to DeKalb last week may have served as a wake-up call for Kaneland. The Knights lost their second Northern Illinois Big 12 East game of the season and fell out of contention for the conference title.

The Knights bounced back to beat Morris, 1-0, on Tuesday.

“We’ve been talking about how we have to possess the ball more,” Kaneland coach Scott Parillo said. “We played like we had been doing up to the last few games. The last few games we hit a wall and got a little bit in a rut and just were not playing Kaneland soccer.”