Berwick Girls Varsity Soccer defeats Wheeler School on Saturday, September 17
For the second day in a row, the Berwick Girls Soccer Team took away a win on their home turf, this time in the sun and wind on Saturday against Wheeler School. The Bulldogs finished with a shutout score of 7-0, maintaining a 20-0 shot advantage.
The Bulldogs asserted their confidence in the first 40 seconds of the game when Sevilla Coffin (Newburyport, MA) passed the ball to Chili Dowd (Amesbury, MA) who then carried the ball up the left side, and passed it to Grace Libby (Standish, ME) who hit the crossbar.
Then, in the 14th minute, the bulldogs secured their first goal when Tessa Keenan (Exeter, NH) received a pass from Sevilla Coffin and deftly scored from the top of the 18 for her first career goal and what would be the game winner.
Fifteen minutes later, Grace Libby passed to Chili Dowd who knocked it confidently into the top right corner of the net.
Then, 36 minutes into the match, Sevilla Coffin passed to Grace Libby and she scored the first of her two goals of the day.
The bulldogs approached the second half equally strong, scoring again in the second minute of the half, when Chili Dowd came down the right side, and passed the ball to Grace Libby who found Sevilla Coffin on her left, who then shot and scored.
Sevilla Coffin only let seven minutes pass before she scored again after receiving a great cross from Blake Metcalf that was deflected by a Wheeler defender.
In the 50th minute of the game, Grace Libby scored off a skillful assist from Chili Dowd, and 10 minutes later, to wrap up the game, Allie Moore (North Berwick, ME) took the ball up the left side of the field, and passed it to Parker Roenick (Exeter, NH) who shot it hard into the net from inside the box, securing her first career goal.
The bulldogs are now 5-0-0 and will travel to Kents Hill on Wednesday for their 6th game of the season. Go Berwick Girls Soccer!
Scoring Summary
Berwick Academy 3 4 7
Wheeler School 0 0 0
Statistical Summary
14th minute: Keenan from Coffin
30th minute: Dowd from Libby
36th minute: Libby from Coffin
42nd minute: Coffin from Libby
49th minute: Coffin from Metcalf
50th minute: Libby from Dowd
60th minute: Roenick from Moore
Goalkeeping
Allie Moore (40 min) 0GA
Cam Hamilton (40 min) 0GA
Wheeler School (80mins) 7GA