Shelby battled for a scoreless half Monday night against West Michigan Conference power Ludington, but the Tiger defense was unable to repeat those efforts in the second half, and Ludington pulled away for a 4-0 victory.
Tigers' coach Cristian Arellano said the team poured so much of itself into maintaining the scoreless tie that things went south quickly after Ludington's first goal.
"After that goal, we fell apart and couldn’t bounce back possession-wise," Arellano said.
The coach added that he felt Shelby (7-8-1, 4-4-1 WMC) did well in the first half and created some opportunities, but couldn't cash them in.
