Girls SE Virginia Week 1 Recap and Top 20 Rankings

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p> [table id=260 /]</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The 2023 season kicked off this week highlighted by the Keepers Cup Memorial tournament in Williamsburg. Previously unranked no. 17 Tabb and no. 5 Lafayette both finished the event with identical 2-0-1 records after they drew 1-1. Tabb won the tournament on tiebreakers and Hannah Clark was named tournament MVP. Lafayette's Riley Bennet recorded a hat trick in their 4-0 win over Warhill. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>No. 1 Kellam started off hot with a 4-0 clean sheet over no. 15 Jamestown with goals by Kristyn Bernal, [player_tooltip player_id='157713' first='Alyssa' last='Chuderewicz'] and a brace by Dylan McEntarfer. The Knights followed that up with another win over a ranked squad, no. 7 Norfolk Academy led by Jashyra Johnson, [player_tooltip player_id='46428' first='Ava' last='Chuderewicz']and Taylor Garofalo who all scored. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>No. 2 First Colonial was unstoppable in their opening match, a 7-1 defeat of Ocean Lakes led by [player_tooltip player_id='27998' first='Sydney' last='Miller'] who had a four goal performance. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Smithfield moves up a spot to no. 3 after a dominating win over Churchland and a close 3-2 win over no. 11 Princess Anne. [player_tooltip player_id='46426' first='Katie' last='Lutz'] opened her account with a four goal performance on Tuesday and [player_tooltip player_id='27731' first='Emma' last='Forbes'] scored a brace on Friday.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>No. 4 Cox drops a spot after a hard fought 1-1 draw versus #6 Grassfield. [player_tooltip player_id='110457' first='Ava' last='Rassool'] scored the lone goal for the Falcons. Cox then knocked off First Flight (NC) 3-0 which saw Makiah Correa score twice and Rassool had another goal plus an assist.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Grassfield posted two good results, a 1-1 draw with no. 4 Cox and then beat no. 18 Landstown 1-0 on a Ava Roberts header. The Grizzlies move up a spot to no. 6</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"id":117420,"width":325,"height":503,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"none"} --> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src="https://prepsoccer.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2023/03/7079E77B-A3C1-48AD-9D90-85A0F23A7D9E.jpeg?w=534" alt="" class="wp-image-117420" width="325" height="503" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Ava Roberts</figcaption></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>No. 7 Norfolk Academy dominated Walsingham Academy led by Bella Burr's brace and then fell to No. 1 Kellam 3-1.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='57663' first='Audrey' last='Orrock'] started where she left off knocking home three goals in no. 8 Great Bridge's lone game, a 5-1 win over Currituck County (NC). Hanna Zayicek added two helpers.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>No. 9 York's keeper [player_tooltip player_id='45289' first='Ashley' last='Hunt'] posted two shutouts vs Hopewell and no. 10 Hickory (a scoreless draw). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Hickory moves up a spot to no. 10 with a win over Bayside where Katrina Cardiff scored four goals and earned player of the game honors. Also earned a tough nil-nil draw versus no. 9 York.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"id":117419,"width":325,"height":486,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"none"} --> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src="https://prepsoccer.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2023/03/DAAADAA5-6030-48A9-ABEF-51038BF480B7.jpeg?w=685" alt="" class="wp-image-117419" width="325" height="486" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Coach Jeff Rodarmel &amp; Katrina Cardiff</figcaption></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>No. 11 Princess Anne finished the week 1-1-0 after a quality win over Western Branch with goals by Amy Woodworth, [player_tooltip player_id='58039' first='Nina' last='Murthy'], and Caroline White.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Maury stays at no. 12 after playing only one match, a 3-2 win over Kempsville, Alana Cunningham had the game winning goal.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>No. 13 Gloucester started the year with a shutout over Hampton.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>No. 14 Norfolk Collegiate won over Portsmouth Christian with a two goal/two assist performance by Mary Bradley.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Jamestown moves up to no. 15 despite a loss to no. 1 Kellam. The Eagles then rebounded to win handily over Westmorland.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>No. 16 Western Branch opened with a loss against no. 11 Princess Anne and then posted a quality win over Ocean Lakes on goals by Berkley Miller and Caleigh Burris.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Peyton Curney scored five goals in no. 18 Landstown's win over Oscar Smith.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Joelle Hare paced no. 19 Nansemond River with three goals in their win over New Kent.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Salem checks in the rankings at no. 20 after posting three clean sheet wins. Harmony Crawford scored two hat tricks and Arianna Fong also added four goals against Norview.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Sitting just outside the top 20 are Cape Henry (1-0-0), Northampton (1-0-0), Warhill (2-1-0), Lakeland (2-0-0), Deep Creek (2-0-0), and Kings Fork (3-0-0).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->