Niles soccer team blanked by South Haven

Published 9:40 pm Tuesday, April 13, 2010

By SCOTT NOVAK

Niles Daily Star

A pair of goals by Hannah Seiler led the visiting South Haven Rams to a 4-0 non-conference soccer victory over Niles Tuesday night.

Seiler broke a scoreless deadlock in the 24th minute and that goal stood up the remainder of the opening 40 minutes.

Leading 1-0 early in the second half, Rachelle Schlack made it a 2-0 contest in the 43rd minute.

Seiler notched her second goal of the night in the 47th minute as the Rams put the match out of reach.

South Haven added an insurance goal in the 62nd minute off the foot of Maddie Miller.

Niles was outshot in the contest by South Haven 15-5.

Katie Butler made 11 saves, while Claire Trap had five stops for the Rams.

“We had one let up in the first half and unfortunately put our heads down,” Niles coach Jo Schau said. “It showed. If you put your head down other teams are going to take advantage of it. I don’t know if our minds were all back in a soccer mode, but they had spring break too. They just outplayed today.”

South Haven…4

Niles…0

Halftime score

South Haven 1, Niles 0

First half

SH – Hannah Seiler 24th minute

Second half

SH – Rachelle Schlack 43rd minute

SH – Seiler 47th minute

SH – Maddie Miller 62nd minute

Shots on goal

South Haven 15

Niles 5

Saves

Niles 11 (Katie Butler)

South Haven 5 (Claire Trap)