FIELD HOCKEY:
Wins are suddenly hard
for Pennington to come by
By Steve Sherman
Sports Editor
PENNINGTON--After posting a 3-1 triumph over the Solebury School Sept. 30 at home, Pennington has found the win column hard to come by.
Yesterday’s (Oct. 14) shutout loss to Academy of the New Church (ANC) at home on the turf was the Red Raiders’ fourth consecutive loss.
Pennington goalkeeper Morgan Huth stood tall in goal, making 25 saves for the Raiders but even she could not make the difference in this one.
Karenna Genzlinger scored two goals to lead ANC to a 3-0 halftime lead. The Lady Lions extended their edge to 4-0 shortly after the break on their way to a 5-0 victory.
With the win, ANC pushed their record to 6-5 overall. Pennington, meanwhile, fell to 3-7.
Pennington’s current string began Oct. 2 with a loss at home to Stuart Country Day School. Stuart also blanked the Raiders by a 5-0 score.
In between, Pennington has dropped road matches to Princeton Day School (PDS) and George School. The Raiders fell 7-2 to PDS on Oct. 5 and 1-0 to the Cougars on Oct. 9.
The battle with George School, which took place in Newtown, was a heated one and could have gone either way, according to first-year head coach Wendy Morris who has taken the reigns of the team from longtime skipper Ida Malloy.
Pennington recorded its first win Sept. 14 with a hard-fought 1-0 road victory over Nottingham. Two days later at home, the Raiders outpaced Morrisville, 2-0, at home.
“A lot of the time, we’ve lost those games in past years so I think it’s good that we’re winning them, even though it might only be by one or two goals,” stated Pennington’s own and senior co-captain Maddie Scherer, a midfielder playing in her fourth and final year for the Raiders.
Against Solebury, junior midfielder Lexi Sorrentino put a pair of goals into the back of the cage, but it was senior halfback Melissa Iorio, of Hopewell Township, who tallied the game-winner.
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NOTES: Area players for the Raiders include Scherer, Sorrentino, Iorio, sophomore backfielder Geena Molinaro and Jess Gravalis, a 10th-grader who plays forward and at midfield. Morris played both college field hockey and lacrosse at Mt. Holyoke College and, come spring, will act as an assistant coach in the girls lacrosse program. Morris came to Pennington with 20 years coaching experience at Pope John XXIII High School in Sparta.
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ANC 5, Pennington 0
Academy of the New Church (6-5) 3 2--5
Pennington (3-7) 0 0--0
(Oct. 14 at Pennington)
Goals: ANC--Genzlinger 2, Edwards, Nunez, Campbell
Saves: ANC--Bedford 3; P--Huth 25
Sports Editor
PENNINGTON--After posting a 3-1 triumph over the Solebury School Sept. 30 at home, Pennington has found the win column hard to come by.
Yesterday’s (Oct. 14) shutout loss to Academy of the New Church (ANC) at home on the turf was the Red Raiders’ fourth consecutive loss.
Pennington goalkeeper Morgan Huth stood tall in goal, making 25 saves for the Raiders but even she could not make the difference in this one.
Karenna Genzlinger scored two goals to lead ANC to a 3-0 halftime lead. The Lady Lions extended their edge to 4-0 shortly after the break on their way to a 5-0 victory.
With the win, ANC pushed their record to 6-5 overall. Pennington, meanwhile, fell to 3-7.
Pennington’s current string began Oct. 2 with a loss at home to Stuart Country Day School. Stuart also blanked the Raiders by a 5-0 score.
In between, Pennington has dropped road matches to Princeton Day School (PDS) and George School. The Raiders fell 7-2 to PDS on Oct. 5 and 1-0 to the Cougars on Oct. 9.
The battle with George School, which took place in Newtown, was a heated one and could have gone either way, according to first-year head coach Wendy Morris who has taken the reigns of the team from longtime skipper Ida Malloy.
Pennington recorded its first win Sept. 14 with a hard-fought 1-0 road victory over Nottingham. Two days later at home, the Raiders outpaced Morrisville, 2-0, at home.
“A lot of the time, we’ve lost those games in past years so I think it’s good that we’re winning them, even though it might only be by one or two goals,” stated Pennington’s own and senior co-captain Maddie Scherer, a midfielder playing in her fourth and final year for the Raiders.
Against Solebury, junior midfielder Lexi Sorrentino put a pair of goals into the back of the cage, but it was senior halfback Melissa Iorio, of Hopewell Township, who tallied the game-winner.
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NOTES: Area players for the Raiders include Scherer, Sorrentino, Iorio, sophomore backfielder Geena Molinaro and Jess Gravalis, a 10th-grader who plays forward and at midfield. Morris played both college field hockey and lacrosse at Mt. Holyoke College and, come spring, will act as an assistant coach in the girls lacrosse program. Morris came to Pennington with 20 years coaching experience at Pope John XXIII High School in Sparta.
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ANC 5, Pennington 0
Academy of the New Church (6-5) 3 2--5
Pennington (3-7) 0 0--0
(Oct. 14 at Pennington)
Goals: ANC--Genzlinger 2, Edwards, Nunez, Campbell
Saves: ANC--Bedford 3; P--Huth 25
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