The Tecumseh Indians fell in the opening round of MHSAA District play on Wednesday night 9-2 to Carlton Airport at the Tecumseh Soccer Stadium.
The Jets struck first with on a goal from Lena Lozan-Bogedain on a pass from Payton Toth five minutes into the contest. The Jets increased their lead to 2-0 on a goal by Olivia Gratz 6 minutes later.
Tecumseh responded quickly scoring in less than a minute on a goal by Brook Stark, but at that point Gratz would go on a personal scoring spree, scoring Carleton’s next four goals of the game, three of which were in the first half, and despite a Tecumseh goal by Valeria Codina, the Jets led 5-2 at halftime.
Any chance of a Tecumseh second half comeback evaporated quickly in the second half, as three goals, one by Gratz for her 5th of the game and a pair of scores by Toth occurred in the first four minutes of the second half put the game out of reach at 8-2.
Toth would score again during the 19th minute of the half to complete the hattrick and with the score now 9-2, Chole Bullinger blasted the Indians final goal of the season past Jets goalie Marissa Chapdelaine.
The Jets finished the game outshooting Tecumseh 24-10, as Chapdelaine finished with 7 saves and Indian goaltender Ingrid Bergman finished with 15 saves.
While this loss ends the Indians season with a record of 9-9, Tecumseh soccer fans can see the rest of the District Tournament which features the Jets (14-3-1) taking on (14-3) New Boston Huron as part of a 4 o’clock semifinal doubleheader next Tuesday with Adrian (17-2) facing Gibraltar Carlson (17-1) in the nightcap. The winners will meet for the championship on Thursday, May 28th, at 5:00pm. All games are at Tecumseh.