Soccer: Noblesville, Guerin Catholic girls playing in Saturday semi-states

No matter how you quantify it – rankings or records – the four teams playing in the IHSAA’s girls soccer Class 3A semi-states on Saturday are among the best in the country.
The north semi-state will feature No. 5 Noblesville and No. 1 Penn facing off at Kokomo Municipal stadium, while No. 4 Guerin Catholic and No. 13 Columbus North play for the south semi-state at Lawrenceburg High School. Both games begin at 3 p.m.
The Millers and the Kingsmen will be playing in the semi-state for the second year in a row. Penn beat Noblesville 1-0 in the semi-finals last season, when the semi-state was a four-team event.
This season, the Millers hosted the Kingsmen back on Sept. 23, with Penn winning 2-1. It’s only one of two losses for Noblesville this season; the Millers are 14-2-3 overall.
The Kingsmen are 21-0-1, with the only tie coming to No. 3 Carmel by the score of 1-1. The two teams played each other at the Zionsville Invitational on Sept. 2.
Penn breezed through its own sectional with wins over South Bend Riley 9-0, South Bend Adams 6-0 and La Porte 7-0, then won the South Bend Adams regional over Northridge 4-0 and No. 11 Munster 3-1.
Noblesville won the Hamilton Southeastern sectional by defeating Anderson 6-0 and the No. 7 Royals 3-2, then triumphed at the Logansport regional with wins over Fort Wayne Carroll 1-0 and Warsaw 2-1.
Carly Hudnall leads the Millers with eight goals scored, while Jenna Chatterton has found the back of the net six times. Fourteen different players have scored for Noblesville this season. Penn is led by senior Kristina Lynch, who has scored 44 goals.
The Golden Eagles are 15-1-1 for the season. Guerin’s only loss was to No. 2 Brebeuf Jesuit early in the year, and it tied with No. 10 Zionsville 0-0. Senior Elle Vuotto is the Golden Eagles’ leading scorer with 14 goals, while freshman Quincy McMahon has 11 goals.
Guerin Catholic won its own sectional by beating Westfield 3-0, then defeating Carmel in penalty kicks after a scoreless regulation and overtime. The Golden Eagles took the Zionsville regional championship with victories over Plainfield 6-0 and No. 12 East Central 3-0.
Columbus North is 14-3-2. The Bull Dogs won the Columbus East sectional by defeating Greenwood 4-1, No. 19 Center Grove 2-0 and the host Olympians 2-0. Columbus North then triumphed at the Bloomington South regional with 1-0 victories over Floyd Central and No. 20 Bloomington South.
Junior Tanner Johnson leads the Bull Dogs with 18 goals scored.

Noblesville’s Jenna Chatterton has scored six goals for the Millers during the season. Fifth-ranked Noblesville takes on No. 1 Penn Saturday in the Class 3A north semi-state at Kokomo Municipal Stadium. (Kent Graham/File photo)

Anna Heck has three goals and four assists for Guerin Catholic this season. (Richie Hall/File photo)