On Tuesday, May 10, the Seaholm dedicated girls varsity soccer team came out against the Farmington Harrison Hawks with a 2-0 win.
The Maples started the game with a big obstacle. Starting goalie sophomore Lisa White was out with a broken hand.To start the scoring threat junior forward Leah Bennett struck net with an unassisted goal with 16 minutes left in the first half.
The second goal came from junior left midfielder Emily Parsons only four minutes after Bennett’s goal. This lead stuck for the whole game while the defense and goalie, sophomore Lily Slavin, did their jobs of keeping the opponents from scoring.
The defense stood their ground throughout the game, barely allowing any shots on Slavin. Little did the Hawks know, Slavin was actually a field player who stepped in the goalie position for White.
“Lily played awesome,” junior defenseman Julie Naski said. “She wasn’t afraid to have me play the ball back to her when we were under pressure.”
Although White was out, the team believes that the goalie situation almost benefited them. Adding on to the starting goalie being injured, they also had more field players out with some injuries.
“I think it really helped since the team knew we were playing without a lot of our players, since they’re injured, so we all stepped up our game and pulled through,” senior defenseman Samantha Mee said. “On top of that, Lily made a great substitution and I have a lot of confidence in her.”
With 17:43 left in the second half of the game, the game got called off due to a sudden downpour of rain. The Maples packed up their stuffand headed off of Maple Field with a victory.
This was the Maples’ sixth win of the season, improving their record to 6-3-2.
On Thursday, May 5, they crushed Hazel Park with the score of 7-0. The top goal scorers were senior Cydney Nagridge and junior Emily Parsons with two goals each.
The Maples were on a four game win streak until Sterling Heights Stevenson beat the Maples 2-0 in a devastating loss on Friday, May 13. Stevenson is a division one school and this was a big test for the Maples.
