After an up-and-down start to the spring season, it appears that Mamaroneck may finally be turning a corner. On April 23, the Tigers outlasted a game Kingston squad from Section IX, edging their visitors 9-7 to get back over .500 with the second half of the campaign approaching.
Against Kingston, the Tigers were led by tremendous offensive efforts from Clara Sosa and Shawn Rosenblatt, as each of the duo recorded a hat trick to pace the Mamaroneck offense. Ally Jewell and the Tigers defense held tight, as Jewell posted four saves to protect a second half lead and improve Mamaroneck’s record to 5-4 on the year.
“I told them after the game that this might not have been the most fun game, we didn’t play our best game, but a win is a win,” said Tiger coach Racquel Lividini. “Kingston shook us up a little bit offensively and made the game a little more difficult than it should have win, but it’s always a good confidence booster to get a win over a good team.”
The confidence booster may have been especially important for a Mamaroneck team that—due to injuries—has yet to take the field with its full compliment of players. Fresh off a trip to the Section I finals last spring, the club came into the season with high aspirations. But with key players sidelined at various points throughout the first month and a half of the campaign, the Tigers are just starting to get healthy for a second-half push. To that end, Lividini believes that the team’s early struggles should only help to fuel the team’s push to another deep playoff run.
“It’s been a testament to our program in general, we’ve had low defenders playing midfielders, girls that midfielders playing on the attack, and it’s been tough to be able to get into the swing of things,” explained the head coach. “We’ve played a hard schedule, but we have some great seniors who just don’t give up and that will help us moving forward.”
With a tough schedule to close out the regular season that features tilts against top Section I opponents like Bronxville and Horace Greeley, Lividini is hoping that her now-whole team can gel quickly as it sets its sights on the Class AA postseason.
“We knew coming in to the season that we had a pretty stacked team offensively in terms of our stick skills and I’ve very excited to be able to see our offense get to that level,” she said. “We know every season is going to have its ups and downs but we’re just going to have to come out, play our hardest, and I think when everybody comes together, we’re going to be good.”
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