May 9: Marshall wins SMAC East title with 2-0 win at Loy Norrix. Layla Harkey scored in the first half off an assist from Bri Kalisz. Sydney Reichenbaugh scored the clincher with 10 minutes left in the game after a nice cross from Lauren Feasel. Congratulations to the girls.

May 7: Marshall gets 4th straight shut out win 4-0 at Sturgis. Layla Harkey, Bri Kalisz, Sydney Reichenbaugh, and Vicki Sell each score with Sydney (2), Katie Slaght and Brittany Knight getting assists. Marshall is 5-0-1 in the SMAC East and 10-1-2 overall.

May 4: Katie Slaght scores 3 goals as Marshall downs Olivet 5-0. Bri Kalisz and Anyah Preston also scored for Marshall as they improved to 9-1-2. Layla Harkey and Tierra Orban each had 2 assists and Anyah Preston had one.

May 2: Marshall's Layla Harkey scores her 8th goal of the season just two minutes into the game as Marshall shut out Harper Creek 3-0 at the Marshall Soccer Complex. Bri Kalisz and Lauren Feasel also score for Marshall as Carmen O'Dell (2) and Vicki Sell get the assists. Marshall is now tied with Loy Norrix at 4-0-1 for the SMAC East lead as Norrix and Lakevew tied 2-2.

April 30: Marshall beats Coldwater 4-0. Katie Slaght led the way with 2 goals. Vicki Sell and Layla Harkey also scored for Marshall. Assists went to Sydney Reichenbaugh (2), Vicki, and Tierra Orban. Marshall is 3-0-1 in the SMAC East and 7-1-2 overall.

April 27: Marshall scores 3 goals in the last 15 minutes to beat Vicksburg 4-1 at Vicksburg. Brianna Kalisz, Katie Blank, Katie Slaght, and Layla Harkey each scored. Sydney Reichenbaugh had 3 assists and Katie Slaght had 1.

April 25: Marshall shuts out Battle Creek Central 8-0. Bri Kalisz and Sydney Reichenbaugh each score two goals. Also scoring for Marshall was Katie Slaght, Vicki Sell, Carmen O'Dell and Lauren Feasel. Assists went to Sydney (2), Caiti Forgash (2), Katie Slaght, Katie Blank, and Lauren.

April 23: Junior Lydia Weatherly scores the game winner as Marshall upsets league favorite Gull Lake 2-1 on Monday night at Gull Lake. Layla Harkey scored in the first half off an assist from Katie Blank.

April 18: In another epic battle between Marshall and Lakeview, freshman Layla Harkey scores an unassisted goal with 20 minutes left in the second half to tie it at 1-1 seven minutes after Lakeview took the lead on a penalty kick. After two 10 minute overtime periods the game ends 1-1.

In the championship game on Saturday April 14 at Marshall's Sports Fest Marshall plays very well in the second half but falls to Dexter 2-0.

On Saturday April 14 at Marshall's annual Sports Fest event Layla Harkey scored the game's only goal with 13 minutes left in the first half to beat Jackson Parma Western 1-0 and advance to the finals.

On Tuesday evening, April 10, Vicki Sell scores the unassisted game winner with 8:42 left in the game as Marshall beats Three Rivers 1-0 at the Marshall Soccer Complex.

On March 28 at Lumen Christi,  Junior Bri Kalisz scores two goals as Marshall and Lumen Christi play to a 2-2 tie. Katie Slaght and Sydney Reichenbaugh had the assists.

On March 26, Marshall starts the season in a positive way with a 4-0 win at Brooklyn Columbia Central. Freshman Layla Harkey led the way with 2 goals and junior Bri Kalisz had a goal and an assist. Also scoring for Marshall was sophomore Lauren Feasel. Seniors Katie Slaght and Vicki Sell each had an assist.

A great big congratulations to senior Katie Slaght for her signing a letter of intent to play at St Mary's University in Winona, Minnesota. Katie has worked extremely hard over the years and this is well deserved. Way to go Katie!!!

Pre-season conditioning begins Sunday January 29th from 5 to 7pm at the high school. Pre-season conditioning will run every Sunday from 5 to 7 at the high school through March 11. Tryouts are expected to be very competitive so start training NOW!

2011

Congratulations to Carly Weck for receiving All-State Honorable Mention honors.

Year End Team Awards

MVP - Ashley Esselink
Most Improved - Ashley Esselink
Best Offensive Player - Katie Slaght
Best Defensive Player - Jules Hinske
Senior Award - Jules Hinske
Coach's Award - Lauren Feasel

Team All-State Academic 3.66 GPA

Individual All-State Academic Award
Carson Tobias
Jules Hinske
Ashley Esselink
Kate Belew
Emily Peters
Carly Weck

Marshall's season ends at regionals with 0-2 loss to Lakeshore.

Team banquet is Thursday at 7:00pm in the high school cafeteria.

Marshall beats Mattawan 1-0 to win first district championship since 2000. Katie Slaght scores game winner for second game in a row. Congratulations Girls!!!!!!!

Marshall beats Loy Norrix in District semi-finals 1-0. Marshall will play Mattawan on Saturday at 12 noon at Loy Norrix for District championship.

Finally!!! Marshall snaps 4 game losing streak in a big way on parent night with a 4-1 win vs Parma Western.

Marshall plays better but can't break through as losing streak reaches 4 with a 1-0 loss to St Joe.

Marshall falls 4-1 to K-Central for 3rd straight loss.

SMAC Tournament 3rd Round Games

Portage Northern vs Portage Central
Mattawan at Lakeview
K-Central vs Lakeshore
St Jo vs Marshall

SMAC Tournament 2nd Round Games

Results

K-Central 4 -1 Marshall
Portage Central defeated Mattawan
Portage Northern defeated Lakeview
Lakeshore defeated St Joe

1st Round Results

Mattawan 2-1 Marshall (2OT)
Portage Central 4-1 K-Central
Portage Northern 7-1 St Joe
Lakeview 2-0 Lakeshore

Marshall plays K-Central on Monday at home JV starts at 5:00pm and Varsity at 6:45pm

Mattawan scores with 5 minutes left in the 2nd overtime to beat Marshall 2-1 in the first round of the SMAC League tournament.

Wednesday's game is at home vs Mattawan. JV Starts at 5:00pm. Varsity at 6:45pm

Marshall's 6 game shut out streak comes to an abrupt halt as Jackson High scores 4 in Marshall's 4-3 loss at Jackson.

PARENT NIGHT: FRIDAY MAY 27TH

Marshall gets 6th straight shutout with 6-0 win vs Charlotte on Saturday. Marshall hasn't allowed a goal in 508 minutes.

Marshall blanks St Joe 2-0 to move into a tie with Lakeview for 3rd place in the overall SMAC League standings.

Marshall plays Portage Northern even through 100 minutes but loses 5-4 in shoot out.

District Assignment
Location: Loy Norrix
Teams: Marshall, Harper Creek, Coldwater, Loy Norrix, Mattawan, Parma Western, Vicksburg

District Pairings:
All Games are at Loy Norrix

1st Round - Tuesday May 31

1) Harper Creek vs Mattawan 8:00pm
2) Parma Western vs Vicksburg 6:15pm
3) Loy Norrix vs Coldwater 4:30pm
4) Marshall (Bye)

2nd Round - Thursday June 2

1 vs 2   5:00pm
3 vs Marshall   7:00pm

Finals - Saturday 12 noon

Marshall SMAC East Co-Champs!!!

Marshalls wins at Battle Creek Central 8-0.

Marshall runs past Olivet 8-0.

Lakeview comeback nips Harper Creek 2-1 to share the SMAC East title with Marshall.

Marshall beats Coldwater 3-0 to guarantee a share of the SMAC East title with a 3-0-1 record. Lakeview trying to keep pace with Marshall beat Sturgis 2-0. Lakeview plays Harper Creek on Wednesday.

Finally, a beautiful day for soccer. Marshall loses to Vicksburg 0-2.

***The Junior Varsity game on May 6 at Battle Creek Central has been canceled. The Varsity game will start at 6:00pm at Battle Creek Central.

The JV will now play Olivet at home on Friday May 6th starting at 5:00pm.

Marshall hangs on 2-1 vs Harper Creek.

In typical Marshall and Lakeview fashion teams battle to a 0-0 draw.

Marshall loses at Gull Lake 0-1.

Marshall beats Sturgis 2-0 in first SMAC East game.

Congratulations to the girls for winning their 2nd straight Marshall
Sports Fest trophy and 3rd in 4 years.

Also, a great big thank you to Kurt Esselink, Rich and Lisa Dubois, Rich and Suzy Gallihugh, and Steve and Karen Weck for all their help on Saturday. On a cold, windy, wet day they gave up their time to make sure the Sports Fest soccer tournament ran smoothly. Their time was split between running the concession stand, cooking hot dogs, selling t-shirts, manning the score table, and sprinting up and down the sidelines as ball runners. Great exercise guys. Thank you so much!!!

Saturday April 16 Marshall Sports Fest
Marshall 2-0 Jackson Parma Western
Marshall 5-0 Parchment

Tuesday April 12
Marshall 1-2 Three Rivers

Marshall plays Parchment at 9:00am this Saturday in the annual Sports Fest event at the Marshall High School soccer complex.

The 3rd Annual "Kick For A Cure" fund raiser will again take place during Sports Fest on Saturday April 16th.  The girls will wear pink jerseys during their games and will do various fund raisers during the week prior including a bake sale on Friday afternoon at school and on Saturday. Please come out and help support cancer research.

"KICK FOR A CURE" T-shirts will be sold on Thursday and Friday at school and on Saturday for $10.00 each. The girls will also be hosting a bake sale at school on Friday and on Saturday during the games.

Spring, 2010 Girls Individual Academic Awards (304 posted on 9/10)

 

PLAYER NAME

GPA

SCHOOL

COACH

Ashley Metzgar	3.74	Marshall	Adrian Harkey
Anna Eshuis	3.59	Marshall	Adrian Harkey

2009-2010 Team All Academic List (68 Schools posted 9/10)