Merrill Varsity Girls Soccer loses to SPASH

BY TINA L. SCOTT
EDITOR

“Mother Nature was wrecking havoc on spring sports again this week,” said Merrill Girls Varsity Soccer Head Coach Dan Kufahl.
The team’s April 16 game scheduled against Three Lakes “was postponed due to the wind, rain, and lightning,” he said. “We were able to get both of our games in on Thursday, April 18, against Stevens Point. The rain stopped long enough for us to get our games in.” The girls traveled to the Portage County Youth Soccer Complex to play the game against SPASH.
In the Varsity soccer game, “We had a rough time matching Stevens Point’s speed and their ability to connect passes,” Kufahl said.
“We are starting to find our stride as far as the physicality side of the game, and it was great to see the ladies starting to get a feel for what being physical on the field actually means. We had a few opportunities on counter attacks where we just didn’t execute our passes well enough, and the attacks broke down before we could get in a position to finish.”
“On the defensive side of things, we played pretty well, as usual,” he said. “Ally Hoock, Addie Elliot, Evyn Schmitz, and crew held their own.”