Suburban Family - Issue #1 (July 2024)

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HSSP_Girls Soccer_0724_V3FINAL.qxp_Layout 1 8 / 15 / 24 12 : 54 PM Page 4 M O O R E S T O W N M O O R E S T O W N EASTERN’S F R I E N D S R LILY BURT QUAKERS FOXES PLAYERS TO WATCH : Moorestown allowed E PLAYERS TO WATCH : just 20 goals in 22 Moorestown Friends games last year and is suffered major losses C happy to welcome back to graduation with several important pieces three all - league players of that defense . Senior moving on , including C goalie Lauren Swafford leading scorer Foluke Balogun , who netted 25 has been an all - confer - goals last year and more than 90 for her career . ence first - team selection each of the past two sea - The top returner is senior back Mikelle Smith , O sons , and she added all - South Jersey first - team who has made the all - league first team each of accolades in 2023 after making 104 saves . She will the past two seasons . She not only anchors the continue her career at Rutgers . Junior Ellia Oteri defense but can also contribute offensively , as S emerged as a dominant center back as a sopho - shown by her two goals and three assists as a more and joined Swafford on the all - conference junior . Junior Jade McRae and senior Brielle first team to go with all - South Jersey third - team Mitchell , both midfielders , will also look to gener - honors . Seniors Mae Murphy , Hannah Dixon , Ava ate scoring chances . Junior Emilia Kochan will Salmons , juniors Mason Celhar , Julia Blong and Casey - Seuss and Madeline Steene are other veter - likely take over as the starting goalie and can also S Caroline Boren and sophomores Ella Brittain , an defenders . There is also plenty of talent at the play in the field when needed . Junior Kayla Haines Meghan Hock , Tess Murphy , Kaitlin McNulty and offensive end , starting with senior forward Katie and sophomore Rebecca Levy will push for time L Piper English also have the potential to contribute Bianco , who has led Moorestown in scoring in in the midfield and junior Tessa Haines is another this season . each of her three seasons . She netted seven goals experienced back . Junior Ida Ramos and sopho - OUTLOOK : The Quakers saw their record improve by as a junior and made the all - conference first team . more Maddie Lovequist will look to take on big - R seven wins last year , as they went 12 - 8 - 2 , qualified Senior midfielder Lizzie Arthur ( three goals , three ger roles . for the Coaches Cup and reached the sectional assists ) also made the all - conference first team , OUTLOOK : The Foxes went 10 - 7 and finished in sec - I semifinals . They will look to contend in the and other returners in the midfield are senior ond place in their final season in the Friends Olympic National Division and make another Caitlin Fidler and sophomore Natalie Janulis . Sen - Schools League . New head coach Madeline Cor - deep playoff run this fall . iors Mable Kulp , Belle McCloud and Sydney win hopes to keep the program competitive as it G SUBURBANFAMILYMAG.COM volume 15 issue 1 SUBURBAN FAMILY 49

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HSSP_Girls Soccer_0724_V3FINAL.qxp_Layout 1 8 / 15 / 24 12 : 54 PM Page 5 G I R L S S O C C E R midfielder Caydence Feehan . A starter since her moves into the Burlington County Scholastic freshman year , Fee - League . han netted five goals as a junior and led P A U L V I Seneca with 17 assists to make the EAGLES all - conference sec - PLAYERS TO WATCH : Paul VI ond team . She is brings back several vet - especially dangerous eran leaders and an out - on set pieces and standing sophomore will be crucial to the class from last year’s WASHINGTON attack this fall . Junior division championship TOWNSHIP’S midfielder Maddy LEXI DZIERZGOWSKI squad . Leading the way Schwartz had three are junior center mid - goals and four fielder Emma McCarthy , an all - conference first - 12 assists . She’ll have help on the attack from sen - assists to make the all - conference second team , teamer , and seniors Sara O’Donnell and Danielle iors Eva Matesich and Ceci Deroian , junior Court - senior midfielder Sam Zahradnick added two Hennessy . O’Donnell , a forward , had three goals ney Davis and sophomores Caitlin Olkowski and goals and two assists , and junior forward Moira and five assists , while Hennessy , a midfielder and Maddie Zaun . Junior Sophia Ryan returns in the Vining chipped in four goals and two assists . They Seton Hall commit , added three goals and three midfield , while senior Riannon Sullivan adds will look to step up in the absence of Palladino assists . The super sophs include forwards Eleanor depth on defense and junior Maddie Dubler is and Miller , while other offensive threats include Lawyer ( six goals , two assists ) , an all - conference another experienced goalie . senior Caitlin O’Keefe and juniors Hannah Eich - second - teamer , and Camryn Koerner ( five goals , OUTLOOK : The Renegades are coming off a special man and Kate Kutsmeda . Senior Alyssa Catando three assists ) . Junior Gia DiFabritis also returns at season in which they went 19 - 2 - 2 , advanced to the will add support in the midfield after mainly con - forward and experienced midfielders are senior Coaches Cup semifinals , captured the South Jer - tributing on the back line as a junior . The Golden Rylee Brault , juniors Brianna Carpinella and Claire sey , Group 3 title and reached the state final for the Eagles ’ defense is also solid thanks to the return Magee , and sophomores Natalie Howe , Hunter first time in program history before falling in PKs . of senior center back Nora Eberman , an all - con - Kintzing and Kylie Berk . Senior Angela DiDonato They will continue to set the bar high in 2024 . ference first - teamer , and senior goalie Genevieve and sophomore Lyla Quinones are key defenders Jenkins , who turned away 126 shots and made the and sophomore Chloe Krupa is a candidate all - conference second team . Senior Rihanna Vin - W A S H I N G T O N become the starting goalie . cent is another key back who can also generate T O W N S H I P OUTLOOK : The Eagles repeated as Olympic Nation - scoring opportunities , and Molly O’Keefe is a sen - al champions , competed in the Coaches Cup and MINUTEMAIDS ior to keep an eye on as well . reached the sectional quarterfinals during a mem - PLAYERS TO WATCH : OUTLOOK : A special 2023 season included the pro - orable 11 - 6 - 2 campaign . Optimism is high in the Lexi Dzierzgows - gram’s fourth sectional title before Seneca fell to program with so many top players back in the ki emerged as Wall in PKs in the state semifinals to finish with fold . one of the best an 18 - 4 - 2 record . New coach Chris Watson has strikers in the Tri - some glaring holes to fill but inherits a promising S E N E C A County Conference last year , as she led Washing - roster and the Golden Eagles should remain ton Township with 12 goals and was second with competitive . GOLDEN EAGLES five assists to make the all - conference first team . PLAYERS TO WATCH : Seneca will She is recovering from offseason surgery but S H A W N E E look a lot different this fall hopes to return in October and go out on a high after the graduation of one of RENEGADES note before moving on to Division I St . Francis . the state’s premier offensive PLAYERS TO WATCH : Shawnee allowed Senior midfielder Alaina LaMonica can also make duos — all - South Jersey for - just eight goals in the entire 2023 sea - things happen in the attacking third , and other ward Ava Palladino and South son , and the entire defensive unit key returners in the midfield are senior Antonella Jersey Midfielder of the Year returns intact , including South Jer - Castorina and juniors Ava Ancone and Olivia Gabby Miller — plus the depar - sey Goalie of the Year Mackenzie McCullough . Junior Taylor Stuart is a top return - ture of head coach Matt Borbi and South Jersey Defender of ing back and also contributes offensively , as Abate . But there are still the Year Joellie Giquinto , both seniors . shown by her five goals and two assists a year important pieces returning Borbi made 94 saves in her second year as the ago . Senior Jordyn Downs and juniors Nina from the Golden Eagles ’ back - to - back sectional starter and Giquinto anchored the D at center Nocille and Hailey Kennedy are other experienced championship teams , starting with senior center back . They both made the all - confer - defenders , but the Minutemaids must find a new ence first team along with senior center starting goalie to replace Lindsay Price . Senior back Erin Doyle , an all - South Jersey Olivia Broadbelt and junior Brianna Weiss are in third - teamer . Juniors Avery Kornafel , an the mix to take over in goal . Faith Frizano and all - conference second - teamer , and Lily Anabel Pozniewski are other seniors being count - Gove return as the outside backs , so ed on . opponents should find it difficult to OUTLOOK : Washington Township’s 9 - 9 - 1 season break through once again . The offense included a playoff victory before the Minutemaids is also impressive thanks to the return fell to eventual sectional champion Central of junior midfielder Madelynn Sadusky , Regional in the quarterfinals . They hope to make an all - conference first - teamer and all - some noise in the Tri - County Royal Division under SHAWNEE’S MADELYNN South Jersey second - teamer who led new head coach David Heil , a longtime club SADUSKY the Renegades with 16 goals to go with coach in the area . 50 SUBURBAN FAMILY volume 15 issue 1 SUBURBANFAMILYMAG.COM

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