WESTFIELD – The St. Mary High School girls’ soccer may have lost a good portion of their team to graduation last season, but the Saints seem to be handling unfamiliar territory fairly well in the early going.
St. Mary’s shut out Putnam 4-0 yesterday to improve to 1-1.
Alison Stanlewicz had one goal and two assists to lead St. Mary’s, which received goals from four different players. Darby Bailey, Alex Mitchell, and Lauren Chapdelaine each scored for the Saints. Chapdelaine and Jeanette Peretti also earned assists.
Francesca Debregolo finished with five saves.
“This is all new for a lot of our players,” St. Mary’s coach Joe Almeida said. “It’s going to take a lot of time. But this is a good win for us. We’re going to move forward and hope to continue this pace.”
Pathfinder 1, Westfield Voc-Tech 0
The Westfield Voc-Tech girls’ soccer team may sit at 0-2 after two games this season, but sure isn’t for lack of trying.
Voc-Tech followed up a 4-0 loss to McCann Tech in its season opener with a narrow defeat Thursday on the road.
Megan Illnicky came up with 14 saves, drawing praise from her head coach.
“Megan was stellar in goal,” Voc-Tech coach Maddy Mangini said. “We totally dominated in the second half. We just couldn’t put it into goal.”
Voc-Tech outshot Pathfinder by a ratio of 2 to 1. Pioneers’ goalie Jenna Maska made eight saves.
Pathfinder scored the game’s only goal in the 55th minute, an Alyna Verratti shot from the top of the penalty box that found the far corner of the net.
Katie Nesmelova had a standout game on defense for the Tigers.
Southwick 3, Hampshire 0
Jess Teodore had two goals in the first half and assisted Izzy Burns on a second-half goal. Megan Zabek and Alexis Petersen each assisted Teodore.
Zabek finished with nine saves.
Westfield 1, Chicopee Comp 1
Haley Mason scored on a pass from Shelby Chambers in the 15th minute for Westfield. Bombers’ goalies Amelia Tooker collected 4 saves and Celina Nunez had 3 saves in net.
Gateway 5, Ware 0
Ali Fisk (2 goals), Jamie Pease (1 goal), Chelsi Derrig (1 goal), and Kendall Rooney (1 goal) scored for Gateway. Rooney had three assists, Alyssa Morreau, and Sami King each had one.
Brooke Fairman (4 saves) pitched a shutout in net.
