The Wilbraham & Monson Academy Girls' Soccer program sent this year's seniors out the best way possible – with a win against its archrival.
Katie Cronin '17 scored in each half as the Titans beat Suffield Academy 2-1 Nov. 14 on Senior Day at the Academy.
"It was a great match, with back and forth action throughout the game, although WMA was determined to have a strong outing on their home turf," Coach Don Nicholson explained. "We played well and controlled large aspects of the game. We built a 2-0 lead and won in the end, 2-1. It was a great win for our team and a great way to send off our seniors, Nichole Czuber '16 and Payton Grande '16."
WMA, which graduated seven seniors from last year's New England Class B finalist team, finished the season 5-9-1. However, helped largely with the return of Gianna Mitchell '17 and the team's work ethic, the team finished 2015 on a 2-0-1 run, with a come-from-behind 2-2 tie against Class A Greenwich, 8-2 pounding vs. Class A Deerfield Academy and the triumph against Suffield.
"Coach Nic has been telling us since our losing streak earlier in the season that we were building up to something good with all of our hard work. I think it started in the Greenwich game when we were losing 2-0 and we came back in the last three minutes to tie 2-2," Katie said. "He said that was a transition period because all of our hard work, and I think everything came together and paid off for us."