Girls Soccer

Girls Soccer: 2015 Davenport Division Preview

By HockomockSports.com Staff

CANTON

2014 Record: 10-7-3
2014 Finish: Reached D2 South First Round
Coach: Kate Howarth
The Bulldogs have been building with a young roster under Kate Howarth, who is entering her third year in charge, and that youth has created depth for a team that is looking to challenge OA and Foxboro for the league title.
The experience on the pitch together has Howarth believing that this could be a year to watch out for Canton. Sophomore Riley Duserick returns after earning all-star plaudits during her rookie season and she will be joined by midfielders Sarah McQuarrie and Sarah Connelly and forward Tessa Cudmore.
Howarth said, “If we play our game I think we will be able to be a very competitive team! We are talented and athletic!” The Bulldogs will try to turn that athleticism into wins.

FOXBORO

2014 Record: 12-3-4
2014 Finish: Reached D2 South Quarterfinals
Coach: Kaitlin Lamothe-Vaughn
Foxboro reached the second round of the playoffs only to run into perennial Div. 2 power Medfield for the second year in a row. With a number of young players returning with more experience, the Warriors will be hoping to chase down the Davenport title that they narrowly missed out on last year.
Lily Sykes will be the key player returning. The sophomore led the league with 24 goals last year from her midfield position and she will be pairing up with junior Kristen Bortolotti, who is back for her third season on varsity. Goalie Hallie Canfield is back as is Carolyn Will in the center of midfield.
Youth was the story for Foxboro last year, but this season head coach Kaitlin Lamothe-Vaughn will only have one freshman on the roster, Alex Stamatos, who will step in and start for the Warriors on defense.

MILFORD

2014 Record: 5-10-3
2014 Finish: Missed playoffs
Coach: Jay Mastaj
Injuries have plagued the Hawks in recent years with important players missing significant time with ACL tears and assorted other ailments. For a team that isn’t as deep as its rivals that can be a huge issue.
This year, Milford coach Jay Mastaj believes that he has a talented, and young, roster that can get Milford back into the playoffs and his goal is to get them a home tournament game. One of the keys will be senior Katie Brown, who moves from midfield to forward this season alongside junior Kristin Franzini.
Nicole Dahlgren will be back in the center of midfield to break up play and Milford returns almost all of its back four, which all saw a lot of playing time as freshmen last season. Christine Pye is also back in goal to help, Mastaj hopes, make Milford a tough team to play against this season.

OLIVER AMES

2014 Record: 11-2-4
2014 Finish: Reached D1 South First Round
Coach: Britt Sellmayer
Confidence is high around the Oliver Ames soccer field this preseason as the Tigers return the majority of last year’s Davenport Division champions and there are thoughts that this squad could be capable of getting back to the South final as OA did three years ago.
One reason for optimism is the return of senior defender Delaney Benton for a full season. Benton is a two-time HockomockSports.com Best XI defender, who missed almost a month of last season. In the midfield, OA will be relying on junior Francesca Calabraro, the reigning Underclassman of the Year, who will run the show for the Tigers in the center of the pitch.
There is rare depth at goalie for OA with head coach Britt Sellmayer saying he has three players he can count on and up front junior Kiana Lozzi has strength and skill to hold the ball up or finish. Sellmayer comes into the season confident he has a squad to challenge even in the loaded D1 South.

SHARON

2014 Record: 3-14-1
2014 Finish: Missed playoffs
Coach: Jon Lavien
The Eagles struggled through 2014, but head coach Jon Lavien is confident that the roster is improving with experience and he is talking about the postseason for Sharon in 2015.
Victoria Zambello returns for Sharon after a league all-star caliber season. She will play both at forward and the midfield alongside returning starter Ally Filipkowski and junior midfielder/stopper Ally Steinberg. Brenna Pittman is also back to captain the defensive unit. In addition, twins Alex and Sam Rabb, as well as Sabrina Robbins and Anna Crosby add youth with club experience to the roster.
Lavien is also hoping the return of captain Abby Roseman from an ACL injury will provide a boost to the team’s lineup. He is very excited about the potential in his roster and hopes for a quick turnaround from last year’s struggles.

STOUGHTON

2014 Record: 2-15-1
2014 Finish: Missed playoffs
Coach: Tara Daniels
Stoughton had a rough 2014 and new coach Tara Daniels has had a short preseason to get things together before the start of a new campaign.
Daniels will be counting on the leadership of her three captains to help get the roster in shape ahead of the season. 2014 Hockomock all-star Marissa Williams returns in goal where she backstops a defense that is led by fellow senior captain Samantha Tullis. Just in front of the defense is senior midfielder Taryn Bates.
Defense and conditioning have been the primary focus of preseason work as Daniels builds a defense that will be hard to play against and competitive in the Hock.

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