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The girls varsity soccer team played strongly against Madison on April 20, drawing with a score of 0-0.
“[The girls] were competitive,” girls varsity soccer head coach Ann Germain said.
The game went into double overtime, each five minutes long.
“We just need to work on communicating better,” freshman Caitlin Dickson said.
“We’re pretty strong on defense,” junior Ayumi Matsuda said. “Our main weakness though is pushing up on offense like creating space and taking shots.”
The team has about ten new varsity players, according to Matsuda.
The Lake Braddock/Marshall ice hockey team won 6-1 against Loudon Valley/Woodgrove on Feb. 10.
“I scored two goals, sophomore Dirk Edison scored one and the other three goals came from our teammates from Lake Braddock,” assistant team captain Scott Henning, senior, said.
Henning leads the team with nine goals in seven games. Sophomore Edward Hirka is second with seven goals in eight games.
Despite its win, the team lost a “close game that [it] could’ve won” three days earlier against Robinson/Jeb Stuart with a score of 3-4 on Feb. 6, Edison said.
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