Orchard View, Spring Lake and Ludington all pick up wins in Friday soccer action while Western Michigan Christian ends in a tie

MUSKEGON – The Orchard View girls soccer team squeezed by Grand Rapids Covenant Christian on Friday evening.

The Cardinals won by a score of 3-2.

Kylee Carmean, Kyah McGruther and Natalia Mendiola each put the Cardinals on the board with a goal.

Orchard View (5-3, 1-2) will play host to Muskegon Catholic Central on Monday in Lakes 8 Activities Conference play.

Spring Lake Girls Soccer

SPRING LAKE –The Spring Lake girls soccer team cruised by Forest Hills Northern by a score of 6-1 on Friday night.

Meah Bajt earned a hat trick on the night with two unassisted goals and a score off of a pass from Clara Saunders.

Also for the Lakers, Eryn Bouwhuis found the net on a free-kick, while Ella Andree finished a ball from Lauren Cavalier. Phoebe Ryan closed out the scoring with the final goal.

Spring Lake (8-1-1, 3-1) will be at home on Wednesday in OK Conference-Blue action against Allendale.

Ludington vs. Fremont Girls Soccer

LUDINGTON – The Ludington girls soccer team used an early lead to get by with a 2-0 win against the Fremont Packers on Friday evening.

The Orioles pulled ahead with a 2-0 lead before the half and coasted the rest of the way for the win.

Evelyn Pearson and Ayla King each scored a goal for Ludington.

Anyssa Castaneda posted the shutout in the net for the Orioles with five saves.

The Packers’ goalkeeper, Macey Powers, had six saves.

Ludington (6-3, 2-1) will travel north to battle Traverse City West on Saturday.

Fremont (5-5, 3-2) is set to play host to Newaygo in CSAA play on Monday.

Western Michigan Christian Girls Soccer

GRANDVILLE – The Western Michigan Christian girls soccer team held off Grandville Calvin Christian on Friday evening thanks to a strong performance by goalkeeper Libby Mast.

Though Calvin Christian generated more opportunities than the Warriors, Mast played strong to keep all shots out of the net as the Warriors and the Squires played to a scoreless 0-0 tie.

At this point in the season, WMC coach Debbie Pekel is looking ahead to navigate a worn down team.

“I feel like every high school coach is in a similar predicament where you play so many games with little recovery that you use non-league games to create that time,” said Pekel. 

“We have some key players starting to develop nagging injuries and my job is to balance that as best I can. We were able to do a little bit of that tonight against a competitive team.”

Western Michigan Christian (4-4-3, 3-0-1) will take a short rest then be back on Wednesday to battle Manistee in Lakes 8 Activities Conference action.