The Seaholm Girl’s Soccer team hosted Detroit Country Day last Friday, and lost by a score of 2-0.
Both of DCD’s goals came in the first half by sisters Kendall and Hailey Verbeek.
“From the start we weren’t playing well,” said senior Hallie Taylor.
“We didn’t play to out potential, and we weren’t working together as a team,” said senior Bridget Laverty, “we needed to be helping each other out and talking.”
Seaholm played a much better second half than first, but still could not manage to score any goals. The Maples did have more energy though and were able to put themselves in good position to score on a few great chances right in front of the net. DCD goalie, Rachel Bergman, was solid in net, and was able to preserve her team’s lead with eight saves, earning her the shutout.
“We picked it up a little in the second half, but it still wasn’t good enough,” said Laverty.
The offenses for both teams struggled partly because of the very windy weather, but Seaholm especially was unable to adapt to it.
“I don’t think we took the weather into account enough,” said Laverty, “we were kicking it, and we weren’t seeing that the wind was pulling the ball back towards us.”
The Maples now stand at 0-4-1 going into games this week with Troy Athens and Rochester.
Earlier in the week the Maples faced Lahser and Lake Orion, losing to Lahser 2-1 and to Lake Orion 7-0.
Against Lahser, all goals came in the first half, with Seaholm’s lone goal coming from Hallie Taylor.
Lake Orion is undefeated and one of the top teams in Oakland County this season, and they showed why against Seaholm, scoring four goals in the first half and three in the second. The Maples offensive efforts were also shut down by Lake Orion’s defense as Seaholm only managed to put three shots on net.
