Eastern Girls Varsity Soccer team won their third game of the season against Washington Township on Wednesday, Sept. 12. Eastern scored three goals during the game — one goal in the first half and two in the second.
Maxine Turchin scored one goal and Madison Tiernan scored two.
According to head coach Jamie McGroarty, Tiernan might be the player to keep an eye out for. Tiernan scored a total of 53 goals since 2009 making her the top active scorer on the team and fifth in the all time scoring statistics.
Easter is starting the season off with 3 wins, defeating Cherry Hill West and Cherokee. The win over Washington Township leaves Eastern undefeated to start off the season.
“In this conference, any win is a good win,” McGroarty said.
The girls played vigorously against Washington Township, but McGroarty explained that the team’s goalie provides the team with confidence allowing the team to focus more on the offensive game while the goalkeeper defends her post.
Imani Taylor made 11 saves during the game on Wednesday and a total of 19 saves for the first three games of this season. Last season, Taylor had 93 saves and only allowed 15 goals.
“[Taylor] allows us to play with a little more confidence,” McGroarty said.
The varsity squad has a few fresh faces this year. Sophomores Sam Mikvy, Emmalee Love, Lesh Fendrick, freshman Jaylyn Thompson and Sydney Davis and senior Alex Edleman.
The coach is not implementing any new practice drills this season. The team will be doing the “same old stuff” to prepare for upcoming games, but the girls are slowly improving.
“We have slowly improved game by game and will continue to do so as we continue to develop chemistry.
McGroaraty was happy with the team’s performance, but the season just started. He called every game in the division “a war.”
“Every team is a top five team,” McGroarty said.
Lenape — the five time defending Group 4 Champions — is Eastern’s biggest rival.
Game update:
Eastern won against Bishop Eustace on Friday, Sept. 15. The girls only allowed one goal and kicked back for the win scoring one goal in the first quarter and another in over time. Eastern has a perfect record of four wins and zero losses.
The next game is home against Cherry Hill East on Wednesday, Sept. 19 at 3:45 p.m.
