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The Berwick Bulldogs beat the Wheeler Warriors in a September Downpour
Girls Varsity Soccer Score Berwick Academy 3 The Wheeler School 1
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Neither a three-hour bus ride nor heavy rains could deter the Berwick Girls Varsity Soccer team on Monday, Sept.18, when they travelled to Rhode Island to take on The Wheeler School. They came home with a 3-1 win after digging deep, sliding in the mud, and working well as a team.
Early in the match, only 10 minutes in, Wheeler capitalized on a penalty kick, scoring the first goal. The Bulldogs quickly evened out the score in the 22nd minute, however, when Wheeler's foul inside the box led to a penalty kick, this time for Berwick, and Jessica Wojdak (West Newbury, MA) fired the ball into the back of the net.
The rain wouldn't let up and the Bulldogs wouldn't let up, and building on their confidence after they evened out the score, they added another goal; Ginger Friedman (North Hampton, NH) took a shot from just inside the penalty box on the right, it deflected off the goalie, and Blake Metcalf (Scarborough, ME) finished it in the goal.
Finally, with nine minutes left in the game, Griffin Demers (Rochester, NH) scored the third goal off a Wheeler goal kick which she blocked and shot right back into the net.
While the Bulldogs kept the ball mostly in their offensive third, they still worked hard defensively and in the goal. Wheeler had some speedy and agile players who kept their opponents on their toes.
Goalies Allie Moore (North Berwick, ME) and Alexa Garcia (Dover, NH) made it difficult for the Wheeler team to get ahead. A few notable saves came at the end of the game, when Garcia parried the ball, it hit the post, and then she caught and smothered it. A few minutes earlier, a Wheeler player had beat a Berwick player and dribbled the ball to the 18, took a shot, and Garcia deflected it off her body and then instantaneously saved a second shot on goal.
The Berwick Bulldogs are now 3-0-0 and will play Kents Hill School on their home turf on Wednesday, Sept. 20.
Go Bulldogs!
Scoring Summary and Statistics
22nd min: J. Wojdak (off PK)
32nd min. B. Metcalf from G. Friedman
71st min: G. Demers (off Wheeler goal kick)
Berwick Academy
31 Academy Street
South Berwick, Maine 03908
Contact:
Admission | 207.384.6300
Main Office | 207.384.2164
South Berwick, Maine 03908
Contact:
Admission | 207.384.6300
Main Office | 207.384.2164
Berwick Academy, situated on an 80-acre campus just over one hour north of Boston, serves 550 students, Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 12 and Post-Graduates. Berwick students are from Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and several countries. Deeply committed to its mission of promoting virtue and useful knowledge, Berwick Academy empowers students to be creative and bold. Berwick strives to graduate alumni who shape their own learning, take risks, ask thoughtful questions, and come to understand and celebrate their authentic selves.
