Marquette Soccer Wins Twice, Ties Once In Alpena

Photos courtesy of Mary Sysko.

ALPENA---The Marquette boys varsity soccer team traveled to Alpena for tournament action. The team placed third even though it finished the day undefeated.

 

In game 1, Marquette played in the rain against Traverse City Christian to a 1-1 tie. No goals were scored in the first half and Traverse City scored with four minutes to go in the game. Marquette’s Ezra Pickard tied the game with two minutes to go from an Easton Zivnoska pass. Edan Hautamaki faced 3 shots in the first half and 4 in the second half in net.

 

“Traverse City is ranked number 10 in division three and we told the team even though it was a round robin game, this would look more like the championship game," Redmen Coach Dan Salmopn said. "We had several chances to score but just couldn’t find the back of the net. I felt we were the better team and controlled play most of the time."

In game 2, Marquette faced Grayling and won 1-0. After a scoreless first half, Max Dawson scored on a Mason Bocklund assist with four minutes to go in the game. Hautamaki faced two shots in net in the first half including a penalty kick and one in the second half.

“Edan’s save against the penalty kick kept us in the game and was the play of the game. Because of tiebreakers, we needed to score 4 goals to advance to the championship game but Grayling played us tough," Salmon said.