CHARLOTTE, MI (WTVB) – The best season in Coldwater boys soccer history came to an end Thursday night, as the 7th ranked Cardinals fell to 12th ranked Marshall 2-1 in double overtime in the District semi final at Charlotte.
After a scoreless 80 minutes of regulation, Coldwater scored one minute into the first overtime on a penalty kick from Mana Ahmed, his 31st goal of the season. Marshall scored less than 2 minutes later, also on a penalty kick. The Redhawks scored the winning goal with 3:21 to play in the 2nd overtime to advance to the District Final Saturday.
Balal Nasser made 6 saves in goal, as Coldwater’s season ended at 18-3-1. The Cardinals broke their previous record of 16 wins, as well as breaking the record of fewest goals allowed with 13.
—GIRLS VOLLEYBALL—
Quincy pulled out 2-0 wins against Burr Oak (25-9 & 25-20) and Addison (25-21 & 25-17) Thursday night.
Allison Parshall – 26 assists, 9 digs, 3 kills, & 2 blocks
Hannah Economou – 11 kills, 7 digs, 4 aces, & 2 blocks
Riley Rakocy – 6 kills, 3 blocks, & 6 digs
Victoria Waligora – 7 kills, 6 digs, & 3 aces
Mackenzie Horsfall – 7 digs, 2 blocks, & 1 kill
Jayden Haller – 24 digs & 3 aces
Zoe Aseltine – 6 kills & 4 digs
Taylor Todd – 6 digs & 1 kill
Nicole Jodway – 3 digs & 1 kill
Cailyn Cook – 19 digs
Quincy will be at the Coldwater Tournament on Saturday.
—MIDDLE SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL—
The Coldwater 8th grade A team volleyball team finished up their season at Parma Western with a 2-0 loss (18-25 23-25) on Thursday night. Leading the team on the serving line was Jenna Juliean 6 points. Amber Sunderland, Madison Beckhusen and Victoria Gonzalez each with 4 points. AnnaKate Dwyer lead the team in kills with 5, Abby Herman 4 kills and Kaia Donay 3 kills. Alyssa Bach had a great game in back row leading the team in digs with 4, Laynee Paarlberg 3 digs and Meg Smith 2 digs. Veronica Gonzalez and Paarlberg each with 4 assists, Beckhusen 3 assists and Mia Rzepka 2 assists.
The Coldwater 8th grade B volleyball team defeated Parma Western 2-1 (22-25, 25-15, and 15-5) Jadyn Richmond was the leading server with 9 points. Other strong servers were Lissbet Ramos with 8 points, Lacy Janusz with 7 points, and Joselyn Salto with 6 points. Carly Gebbink, Molly Lewis and Julieanah Wild all played good defense, each receiving 1 dig a piece.
The Coldwater 7th grade A volleyball team improved to 18-1-1 as they defeated Parma Western 2-0 ( 25-22 25-14)
Kills: Jayla Foster 3, Allison Miller, Brooke Moore & Mallory Wilber with 2 each & 1 each for Tasha Pike & Brynn Babcock.
Digs: Brooke Moore 7, Allison Miller 6, Brynn Babcock & Kaylee McBride 5 each, Jayla Foster 4, Tasha Pike & Mallory Wilber 3 each & 2 each for Masyn Marsh, Bridgette Meyers, Alyssa Wilson, Bethany Pavlov & Leah Kelley.
Serve: Jayla Foster 8-8 3 aces, Brynn Babcock 7-7 1 ace, Mallory Wilber 10-12 4 aces, Brooke Moore 8-10 3 aces & Allison Miller 6-8 3 aces.
The 7th grade B volleyball team lost to Parma Western 2-1 (20-25, 25-17, 8-15) as they ended the season with a record of 7-9-3. Leading servers were Camilla Boston (8 points), McKenzie Brezovacki (5 points), Allie Welch (4 points).
