Lady Red Soccer Looks for Balance in 2023

The Liberal girls soccer team is looking for balance in 2023.  After all time leader in goals Ashley Carrillo graduated, the Lady Red is looking for new strikers to step up after last year’s 6-10 season.  LHS has 42 girls out for soccer this spring in coach Carlos Ruiz’s 8th year and 7th season as head coach.  Liberal has only two seniors on the varsity roster after losing five seniors from last year’s team.  There are six freshmen on the varsity roster.   Some of the key players include Jr. CMF Areli Molina, Jr. D Hailey Contreras, So. CMF Nicole Catalan, Jr. D Arely Rivas, Jr. GK Ashley Acevedo, and So. F/M Abbigail Lopez.

Ruiz has experience coaching the team and has some continuity on the coaching staff with Arlene Ruiz, Monica Vega, and Viviana Ortiz.

LHS went 6-10 and 3-5 in the WAC  last year after finishing 2021 8-9-1 with a playoff win over Junction City and 4-3-1 in the WAC. Liberal went 7-8-3 with a playoff win in 2019 with a playoff win over Wichita South. Liberal was 6-10-1 in 2018, 8-9-1 in 2017, and 7-10 in 2016. Those records are significant because before 2016, only once had the Liberal girls won seven or more games in a season (2008).

Liberal opens the season Tuesday at Garden City.

Schedule

March 21- at Garden City

March 23- at Alva

March 27- April 2 at Wichita South Titan Classic

April 4- at Great Bend

Arpil 6- at Hays

April 11- at Guymon

April 13- Great Bend

April 18- at Dodge City

April 20- Hays

April 27- Thomas Moore Prep (Hays)

April 29- Lamar

May 9- Garden City

May 11- Dodge City