Sophomore Genny Murphy dribbling with the ball. Photo by Jesaias Benitez.
On September 24, 2016 Malden High School’s girls soccer along with many other sports took the field at Pinebanks. Malden started the game at twelve o’clock which allowed the first goal to be scored by junior Izabelly Barros at the five minute mark.
After the first goal, Melrose caught up to Malden High, keeping it a tie. By halftime, the girls were leading by one point. As senior Captain Felicia Lombardi stated ¨[t]he most difficult challenge of the game was being able to maintain a calm mentality when [they] were winning.”
The girls showed great sportsmanship when it came down to this, but as Lombardi stated, “[they did] not accomplish this” which led to the end result of the game: a tie.
Before the team moves on to their next game on September 30th, against Medford, senior captain Brynn Kankel hopes that the team “ work[s] on keeping [their] composure and communication more to make sure [they] don’t panic.
Overall the tie by the girls between Melrose gave them determination for their next game.
