Missouri Class 2 Girls Soccer Final Four

2010 Missouri Girls Class 2 Semifinal, Notre Dame de Sion vs Notre Dame St LouisThe Class 2 semifinal round will open at noon on Friday with a pair of St Louis teams facing off, followed by a pair of Kansas City area teams at 2:00 pm

Notre Dame Rebels (18-6-1) -
Visitation Vivettes (19-5) –
A rematch of last years final, won by Visitation. The two teams met in the final match of the regular season in a game won by Viz 4-3. Here’s the Post-Dispatch description:

The Vivettes dominated the ball and spent most of the match knocking it around on the Rebels’ half of the field. Lydia Harlan netted her first career hat-trick, scoring the last three Visitation goals after junior Julia Bartolacci tied the game 1-1 with 15 minutes to go in the first half. Harlan, who now has 11 goals on the season, is one of the many weapons Visitation has at its disposal. Sophomore striker Jade Klump and senior midfielder Courtney Young lead the team in goals with 20 and 16, respectively.

For the Rebels, midfielder Michelle Auer (#4), tallied two goals in the game, pushing her season total to 41 at the time. She now has 49 goals and 17 assists for 115 points. Auer was the 2010 Class 2 Player of the Year and has committed to SIU-Edwardsville. Jessica Bayens (#3) is headed for D2 Rockhurst and Elizabeth Flowers (#13) will play at McKendree (NAIA).

Visitation is sending Mackenzie Barringhaus and Ellie Bumb to Bellarmine (D2-GLVC) while Kaitlyn Deister will play at Missouri S&T (D2-GLVC), Courtney Young joins Auer at SIU-Edwardsville (D1-OVC) and Lydia Harlin is headed to Denison (D3)

Harrisonville Wildcats (23-4) -
Notre Dame de Sion Storm (15-6) -

A rematch of last year’s Quarterfinal game, won by the Storm 1-0, will call on the Wildcat’s full powers to advance to the title match. The Storm, ranked either #3 or #2 all year in the Missouri Soccer Coaches poll, are led by Junior forward Caroline Shay and defender Haley Fritzlen, a Midwest All-American last year headed to Marquette this season (Shay has also verballed to Marquette, with NDdSion coached by Marquette grad Matt Darby.

The two teams met early this season, in a game won 3-0 by Notre Dame de Sion. Later in the season, Pembroke Hill, who Harrisonville defeated 2-1 had lost 4-0 the previous week to the Storm. . Another factor to consider is strength of schedule. Notre Dame de Sion competed in the MO-KS Border battle, losing 0-2 to St Thomas Aquinas as well as playing a full complement of Class 3 programs in the KC area.

The Wildcats have four college signees, including Christina Harold (#1) and Alex Erickson (#2), headed to Park University (NAIA), Shalyne Wheeler (#7) to Southwest Baptist University (D2-MIAA) and Karson Wilson (#18), Emporia State University (D2-MIAA) who will look to finish their careers on the highest note possible.

The Championship game between Notre Dame (STL)/Visitation and Harrisonville/Notre Dame (KC) will be played Saturday at 4:00 pm.

The 3rd place game between Notre Dame (STL)/Visitation and Harrisonville/Notre Dame (KC) will be played Saturday at 10:00 am.

Common opponents for Harrisonville and Notre Dame (STL) is Marshall. The Rebels walloped Marshall 8-0 at the West Plains Tournament in late April while Harrisonville defeated Marshall 4-0 earlier in April.

Notre Dame Wins Lady Zizzer Soccer Classic

    Championship game

Notre Dame – 2
Cape Central – 0
Notre Dame got goals from Robyn Meesey in 14th minute and Michelle Auer, via PK, in 56th minute to earn the hardware.

    3rd Place game

Sikeston – 3
Moberly – 1
Abbi Keefer gave Sikeston an early lead, in the 10th minute, with Jordi Ferrell extending it in the 31st before Moberly got within one again via Shawn Beard. Ferrell scored a second to ensure the win. It was the third year in a row these two teams have played for 3rd place.

    5th Place game

Waynesville Tigers – 4
Valley View – 2
Valley View got an early goal from Shana Broadway in the 5th minute to take the lead. The Tigers Katie Pritchard tied it in the 22nd minute but Valley View regained the lead late in the first half via Casey Bowman’s goal in the 36th minute. Pritchard tied the game again in the 42nd, Tasha Lord got the eventual game winner in the 45th minute and Pritchard had a hat-trick with a final goal in the 60th minute

    7th Place Game

Parkview Vikings – 3
West Plains Zizzers – 1
Jessica Maerz gave the Vikings the lead in the 10th minute, Kelsey Loderhose extended it in the second half before Mollie Plocher got the Zizzer’s close again on a PK. Jessica Maerz sealed it with her PK.

According to Coach Nick Schmitt of the host Lady Zizzer’s, this was the most competitive tournament we have had in the 5 years of play.

    Early Games Saturday

Waynesville Tigers – 3
Parkview Vikings – 0
The Ozark Conference foes, facing each other for the first time this year, went at it early Saturday. The Tigers got goals from Lauren Kelly, Katie Pritchard and Erica Combs for the shutout win.

Valley View – 4
West Plains Zizzers - 1
Valley View got a pair of goals in each half with West Plains avoiding the shutout on Mollie Plocher’s late goal.

Notre Dame – 2
Sikeston – 0
Don’t have the goal scorers

Cape Central – 3 (2 OT – PKs 2-0)
Moberly – 2
Cape Central got goals by Sarah Umptor and Danielle Markhart, Moberly goal scorers were Andi Wiesner and Shawn Beard who scored on a Direct kick to tie the game. Central won on PK’s, with Haley Pilsner and Laura Lusk scoring. The game saw Moberly’s seven game winning streak come to an end.

Lady Zizzer Soccer Classic Friday Tournament Report

Sikeston – 2
Valley View -v1
Sikeston scored first, by Murray State signee Jordi Ferrell in the 18th minute. The visitors from Jonesboro, AR tied it only 4 minutes later by Madison Maddox. The game-winner came from Abbi Keefer in the 72nd minute.

Moberly Spartans
– 2 (OT)
Parkview Vikings – 1
Moberly broke the deadlock when Leslie Grothoff scored in the 55th minute. Freshman midfielder Kelsey Loderhose tied the game for the Vikings in the 67th minute. Moberly got the win in the first OT period when Brynne Stansberry scored in the 87th minute.

Cape Central – 3 (PKs)
Waynesville Tigers
– 2
Cape scored first in this game, in the 35th minute by Allie Billmeyer. The Tigers Erica Combs knotted the score in the 49th minute, with Combs getting a second in the 54th minute to give the Tigers the lead. Briefly. In the 60th, Haley Pilsner tied the game for Cape Central. Two OT periods remained scoreless, forcing PKs. The final 3-1 margin finished in favor of Cape, handing the Tigers their first loss of the season. PK’s were scored by CC1, Haley Pilsner; W1, Katie Pritchard; CC2 Laura Lusk; CC 5, Sarah Uptmor.

Notre Dame – 4
West Plains Zizzers – 0
The Zizzers played well against the state-ranked team from St Louis but were unable to match the offensive weapons, losing in a shutout. The Notre Dame goals were scored by Ashley Lauer, Michelle Auer (2) and Hannah Atkinson.