Staples Girls Soccer Shutouts: Danbury 2-0, Newtown 4-0
Staples Girls Soccer continues it’s successes in the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Tournament with shut-out victories over Danbury and Newtown, advancing their quest for another state tournament championship.
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Staples take the pitch after halftime of the Danbury game.
On Friday, October 31 the Wreckers avenged a scoreless tie in Danbury with a decisive victory at home. Head Coach Barry Beattie spoke with WestportLocal, saying, “It was a strong performance from the girls as they dominated possession and controlled most of the game. They were able to create a lot of clear chances to score.”
He continued, “Willa (Junior Willa Shamie, center back) took her goal well from a corner by Alexa (midfielder, sophomore Alexa Fan Aken) which she lost her mark and headed home.”
Beattie told us, “The second half saw us create more chances but Alexa made the difference by scoring a great goal from the edge of the box.”
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On Tuesday, November 4th, the girls once again dominated with a 4-0 shout-out of the #5 ranked Newtown Nighthawks on their home pitch in the second round of the tournament. It was another stellar Wrecker performance, with Coach Beattie telling us, “We started well and created many good chances. The goals we scored were all great quick moving play. Alexa Van Aken scored twice assists were Maddy Johnson and Riely Gullans.”
Players celebrate another decisive victory over Danbury.
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Coach Beattie added, “Toni Rizzi scored late in the first half off a great Neave Mulvey cross. The second half we were able to make a lot of changes and give good game time to others. Sami Selig scored the last one off an assist with Maddy Grey.”
The #12 ranked Stales girls will next face the #4 Amity Regional HS Spartans in Woodbridge on Saturday at 1:00 PM