Tide field hockey celebrates Senior Day with shutout win over Northeast Voke

Everett ends the regular season at home tomorrow against the rival Golden Tornadoes

By Joe McConnell

The Everett High School field hockey team (4-11) celebrated its Senior Day with a resounding victory over Northeast Voke, 8-0 on Oct. 18.

“I love to recognize and celebrate our seniors,” said first-year coach Sabrina Wright. “This is my first group of seniors to leave, and I feel so lucky to have had them this year. They quickly adjusted with open arms to having a new coach, and with that I’m so thankful.

“We played a great game against Northeast,” added Wright. “We were fired up for it.”

Jonathan Scoletti was the team’s honorary captain against the Knights, and freshman goalie Willins Julien was then able to record his second shutout last week. He blanked Greater Lowell two days earlier by the exact same 8-0 score.

Cephas Orleus and Scoletti paced the offensive attack with two goals apiece. Meghan Currie, Caden Sylva, Malaica Guillume and defender Taisha Alexandre accounted for one each. “We moved Alexandre up to give her an opportunity to score a goal on Senior Day. It was so fun to see,” said Wright.

The Tide then took on Waltham last Friday in a rematch after losing 5-0 on opening day in early September.

“I was excited to see how much we progressed in this game,” said Wright. “Waltham was our opening day opponent, and we are not even close to the team we were back then. In this rematch, they scored late in the first quarter. and then we held them scoreless throughout most of the rest of the game until late in the third quarter, when they scored again to account for the final 2-0 score.

“We had some scoring opportunities, but nothing that clicked,” added the Everett coach. “But to me, despite the close loss compared to the opener, that’s still a win. Waltham is a team with great stickwork and great passing, so for us to give up only two goals is really something to be proud of. It just shows how much we have improved as individual players and as a team this season, and I’m so happy with that.”

The Tide began a brand-new week with a 4-1 loss to non-league host Melrose on Monday. The Red Raiders beat them the first time around, 5-3. The Monday clash was their Senior Day, and as a result they were fired up for a win. Sylva was credited with the lone Everett goal in this game.

Wright’s team then went up against Revere the next day after press deadline, before wrapping up the regular season versus Malden tomorrow (Saturday, Oct. 28) at home, starting at 10 a.m.

In the Division 2 power rankings, this young Everett squad with a new coach is 48^th overall with the possibility of moving up a couple of slots with wins against two aforementioned league rivals Revere and Malden.