Garnet Valley beats Lower Merion in first of two big tests
Matthew Ralph
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<p>Garnet Valley girls soccer passed the first of two big tests this week against Central League foes with a 1-0 home win over reigning league champions Lower Merion on Tuesday. </p>
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<p>Junior forward [player_tooltip player_id='25663' first='Maddie' last='Smith'] scored a pretty goal off a long range strike in the second half off a well hit early ball forward into space from Kamryn Sarmento in the 52nd minute and the Jaguars defense did the rest of the work to keep the Aces off the board. </p>
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<p>The loss was the first of the season for Lower Merion, which looked dangerous going forward throughout the match with ability to control the ball by Julie Casey Forman and [player_tooltip player_id='25767' first='Dylan' last='Steinberg']. Junior Carolyn Kelly and senior Kylee Gust also stood out on the day. The final ball just wasn't there for the Aces and it too often turned into counter opportunities like the one that led to the goal. Lower Merion sophomore keeper [player_tooltip player_id='25750' first='Cate' last='Cantu'] was the Aces player of the match, stepping up with a couple big saves to keep her side in it. </p>
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<p>For Garnet Valley, junior midfielders [player_tooltip player_id='55839' first='Ella' last='Bryan'] and Kylie Mulholland and first-year midfielder Taylor Bryan were both effective linking play in the midfield and Sarmento was a problem for Lower Merion. Junior Kendel Cottrell was also strong defensively. The Jaguars will need to do a similar job of absorbing pressure, playing quick and finding space on the counter attack in Thursday's game against unbeaten Conestoga.</p>
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<p>Garnet Valley's only loss thus far has been to Penn Charter.</p>
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Garnet Valley girls soccer passed the first of two big tests this week against Central League foes with a 1-0 home win over reigning league champions Lower Merion on Tuesday.
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