Shelby played a tough game on the road Wednesday night against
North Muskegon, which hasn't lost on the field to any West Michigan
Conference opponent this season, but the Tigers couldn't hold up for a
full 80 minutes and lost the game 4-0.
The game was scoreless
for the first 50 minutes as the Tiger defense turned back scoring
chances one after another - keeper Brylee Friedman racked up 20 saves on
the night - before the Norse did break through on what coach Joe Gorton
termed "an unlucky bounce." Another such bounce 10 minutes later made
it 2-0, and North Muskegon was able to pad the lead from there.
"The final score doesn't
really reflect how close this contest was for the majority of the game," Gorton said.
The
Tigers (7-6-2, 4-4-1 WMC) got good defensive effort from the back line
of Ari Garza, Charlee Friedman, Sydney Reed and Ava Lamberg. Gorton said
the team were one connecting pass away from a quality chance a few
different times but wasn't ever able to quite put it all together.
