MHS - Women's Soccer / May 31, 2021 By Kasey McDowell
It was a record-breaking year for the Mulvane High School women's soccer team as they crossed several milestones this season. The girls won the regional championship for the first time in the program's history. They won the state quarterfinals game and the semifinals game to make it to the state championship game and finished in 2nd place in 4-1A state. Along the way, several school records were broken as well.
In the semifinal game versus Louisburg on Friday, May 28th, the Wildcats found themselves down by one in the second half as Louisburg scored first but Karlie Kanaga sent a perfect through ball to Emma Hoffman who zipped the ball into the net to tie up the score at the 25:17 mark of the second half. With 11:46 left in the game, Hoffman sent a high pass down toward the goal which Kanaga was able to get control of and send it into the net to go up 2-1. The Wildcats were able to hold on for the win to send them to the state championship game.
Rylie Schiffelbein guarded the Wildcats net and finished the game with 12 saves with 13 shots on goal.
1 2 Final
MHS 0 2 2
LOU 0 1 1
* Emma Hoffman - 1 goal, 1 assist
* Karlie Kanaga - 1 goal, 1 assist
* Rylie Schiffelbein - 12 saves (13 shots on goal)
In the state championship game versus Bishop Miege on Saturday, May 28th, the Wildcats had trouble getting the ball into the net as Bishop Miege took the game 4-0. The Cats did have one goal with a perfect cross from Emma Kolbe to Karlie Kanaga who kicked the ball into the net, but the ref called the goal off because of an offsides, a call that the crowd found questionable. Rylie Schiffelbein was solid in the net with 17 saves out of 21 shots on goal.
In the end, the Wildcats finished in 2nd place in the 4-1A state tournament, a finish that is the best in the team's history and one that every player, coach, and fan should be proud of. The Wildcats finished with a 15-5 record, the most wins in a season in the program's history.
"It's been a road you know, we talked about it on the first day of the season, I told them 'You girls are the program of the school team-wise and you gotta believe that. Now here we are May 29th and they kept going at it, we took our lumps along the way, like I said they stay together and show up every day and work," said Mulvane soccer coach Jesse Myers. "They just keep going hard and I'm really proud of them."
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The coaches had the league meeting and there were 7 Wildcats who earned all-league honors. Junior Emma Kolbe earned 1st Team All-League as a midfielder and finished the season with 37 goals and 18 assists for 92 points. Her 37 goals and 18 assists are both new school records as she beat her own goals in a season record of 23 set in 2019 and assists in a season of 13 she set in 2019. She also broke the career goals record of 45 that was held by Kolbe McDaniel (2017-2019) and is sitting at 60 goals in her career. She also broke the career assists record of 19 held by Kolbe McDaniel (2017-19) and is sitting at 31 assists in her career. Emma also broke the school record of 6 goals in a game that was held by Alysha Phillips (2004) with her 7 goals in the El Dorado game. Emma with the other returning forwards will be a force for Mulvane next year.
Sophomore Karlie Kanaga earned 1st Team All-League honors as a forward and finished the season with 31 goals and 15 assists for 77 points. Karlie also surpassed the previous school records and has the second most goals and assists in one season in school history. Karlie with the other returning forwards will be a force for Mulvane for the next two years.
Senior Haley Hughes earned 1st Team All-League honors as a defender and was the anchor of the Mulvane defense. Haley missed a couple of games due to a concussion and when she was not on the field, she was sorely missed. She did not reach the offensive side of the field much but did get a couple of assists on the season. Haley will be continuing her soccer career at Sterling next year.
Sophomore Emma Hoffman, a Udall student who travels to play soccer with Mulvane was an integral part of the forward attack this season and ended with 21 goals and 10 assists for 52 points earned All-League Honorable Mention for the season. Hoffman with the other returning forwards will be a force for Mulvane for the next two years.
Senior Emma Anderson earned All-League Honorable Mention as a midfielder. As a midfielder, Emma helped with the defense as well as the offense and was a key part of the Wildcat's success. Emma finished the season with 3 goals and 7 assists for 13 points.
Junior Kamryn Nolan earned All-League Honorable Mention as a defender. Kamryn was an outside defender and helped keep the ball out of Mulvane's territory and away from the goal. The Wildcats will be looking to Kamryn to lead the defensive effort next year.
Sophomore Rylie Schiffelbein earned All-League Honorable Mention as a goalkeeper. Rylie finished the season with 192 saves, 43 goals allowed, and had an 82% save percentage. Rylie was a rock for the Mulvane defense and in the 3 games that ended in a penalty kick shootout, Rylie blocked enough shots to give the Wildcats the win in all 3 of those games. Rylie will be key for the Mulvane defense for the next 2 years.
| Player | GLS | AST | PTS | PPG |
| Kolbe, Emma | 37 | 18 | 92 | 4.6 |
| Kanaga, Karlie | 31 | 15 | 77 | 3.9 |
| Hoffman, Emma | 21 | 10 | 52 | 2.6 |
| Coon, Cassidey | 4 | 5 | 13 | 0.7 |
| Anderson, Emma | 3 | 7 | 13 | 0.7 |
| Garrison, Teagan | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0.3 |
| Alumbaugh, Ashlyn | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0.3 |
| Dillon, Kasey | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0.3 |
| Neptune, Sean | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0.3 |
| Schiffelbein, Rylie | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.1 |
| Hughes, Haley | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.1 |
| Anderson, Michaela | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Totals | 105 | 66 | 276 | 13.8 |
| Goalkeeper | SVS | SV% | GA | GAPG |
| Schiffelbein, Rylie | 192 | 0.82 | 43 | 2.2 |
