{"id":46850,"date":"2023-11-09T15:04:25","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T15:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelandmark.com\/?p=46850"},"modified":"2023-11-09T15:04:25","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T15:04:25","slug":"wachusett-girls-soccer-comes-up-short","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/2023\/11\/09\/wachusett-girls-soccer-comes-up-short\/","title":{"rendered":"Wachusett girls soccer comes up short"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
By John Orrell<\/em>
Landmark Correspondent<\/em><\/div>\n\n\n\n

HOLDEN \u2014 Hearts were broken all across Hal Lane Field Nov. 3 when the Wachusett Regional High girls varsity soccer team dropped a nail-biter, 1-0, in a contest that was decided after 80 minutes of regulation, 20 minutes of overtime and finally a shootout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The MIAA opening round loss to Haverhill High ended the 2023 season for the Mountaineer girls, who finished with a record of 7-9-3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a hard way to lose, but that\u2019s the way it is,\u201d said a poised senior co-captain Alyssa Senecal postgame. \u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the luck of the draw. I love this team. I\u2019ve been on it for three years, and it feels like every girl is a sister. Each game we improved. We worked hard and we fed off each other.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe got beat in PKs (penalty kicks), and we practice those all the time,\u201d said second-year head coach Emma Mailman. \u201cFor some of these kickers, it\u2019s their first time taking a penalty kick in a game. It\u2019s tough. You learn about yourself and your teammates. Unfortunately, we didn\u2019t come out on top. Kudos to Haverhill. They played fantastic, but I think my girls played phenomenally.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wachusett got on the board with just under 5 minutes elapsed in the opening half. Sophomore Gabby Geloso reeled in a perfect centering pass from junior Meredith Cordial and nailed the shot to make it 1-0 Mountaineers. That score would hold firm until Haverhill evened things with a second half goal and it was on from there to break the deadlock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both squads battled it out, with players and coaches knowing that the next goal might be the game-decider, but each side fought hard through regulation and 2 OTs, setting the stage for the shootout. Geloso, Jesse Ayres and Esmee Frohock all connected, but it wasn\u2019t enough to clinch the matchup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis team has made so much progress. Coming into next season, I feel like we\u2019ll be extra strong,\u201d voiced Mailman. \u201cBut these girls this year came a long way. There\u2019s nothing we can do but be proud of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re only losing one starter so we have a young team (next year). I think it\u2019s up to us to build confidence and try to consistently pull each other up. That\u2019s been our game plan this year. We didn\u2019t focus too much about the competition. Instead, we focused on our controllables, our strengths and our weaknesses.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mailman, a 2016 WRHS alumna, was back for her second year at the helm to restore a winning culture to the program, a culture that has been absent since back-to-back state championships in 2017 and 2018. Players and team supporters say she has won the confidence of her team this season with team unity front and center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"\"\"Members of the Wachusett Regional High 2023 girls varsity soccer team are seniors Gracie Hehir, Alyssa Senecal, Isabella Grady, Ava Warner, Sydney Nunn, Bridgette Tessier; juniors Esmee Frohock, Kaitlyn Johnson, Charlotte Brisbois, Brenna Patenaude, Helena Holmquist, Meredith Cordial, Madison Harmon, Aila Head, Heather LaRange, Jesse Ayers, Rahma Giwa, Hannah Grenier, Abigail Lei, Kate Larose; sophomores Gabby Geloso, Katlyn Perna, Keegan Gregorczyk; and freshman Rylee Gamache. Team captains are Alyssa Senecal, Jesse Ayres and Kate Larose. The team is coached by Emma Mailman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By John OrrellLandmark Correspondent HOLDEN \u2014 Hearts were broken all across Hal Lane Field Nov. 3 when the Wachusett Regional High girls varsity soccer team dropped a nail-biter, 1-0, in a contest that was decided after 80 minutes of regulation, 20 minutes of overtime and finally a shootout. The MIAA opening round loss to Haverhill […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46853,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46850\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}