Cape hockey opens season with pair of 6-0 shutouts
Cape’s field hockey season started where it ended last season, with Emily Wells and Teagan Baker scoring goals.
It was Wells then Baker who scored goals to close out the 2024 season, a 2-1 state championship win over Smyrna.
In the season-opener Sept. 5, Cape led an athletic Queen Anne’s team 2-0 in the second quarter of a Bi-State Challenge game played at Champions Stadium – Wells and Baker were on the scoring sheet again.
The Vikings powered forward to win 6-0, with Blair Chubb, Norah Block, Grace Heers and Kailey McMahon joining Wells and Baker with goals.
All-state returnees Atia Sabbagh and Mairead Rishko assisted on goals.
The Vikings outshot the Lions 17-1, with a 14-2 advantage in penalty corners.
Izzy Mekulski and Jordynn Bowe shared the shutout in goal.
Cape tops Decatur
Cape rocked Stephen Decatur on a sizzly Saturday afternoon Sept. 6, duplicating their 6-0 score the day before, this time with six goals from six different players.
Scoring for the Vikings were Sabbagh, Alysa McCarthy, McMahon, Ally Diehl, Heers and Izzy Mastrangelo.
Heers and Avary Miller were credited with assists.
Cape outshot the Seahawks 17-1, with a 14-1 advantage in penalty corners.
Mekulski and Bowe shared the shutout.
Delmar drops two
Defending Division II state champion Delmar lost to Stephen Decatur 2-1 and Queen Anne’s 2-0.
The Cape JV team split games over the two-day tournament, losing to Stephen Decatur 1-0 Sept. 5, on the Bermuda field, then followed with a 3-0 win Sept. 6 over Queen Anne's on the sprint turf of Champions Stadium.
Scoring for Cape were Natalie Arseneau, Hazel Mancari and Brielle Ramjattansingh.
The JV team outshot Queen Anne’s 15-1, with a 15-0 advantage in penalty corners.
Bowe and Alyssa Flamini shared the shutout for Cape.
The Cape varsity team will host Lake Forest at 3:30 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 9. There is no JV game.
The Cape JV will host Indian River at 4:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 11. A varsity game will follow between Cape and Sussex Tech at 6 p.m.
Coach Kate Austin”The coaching staff was pleased with our play this weekend. It’s difficult to play back to back less than 24 hours of rest, but I think our play as a team improved from Friday to Saturday. We were able to run a few forward lines to keep fresh legs and I think that made it really difficult for Queen Anne’s and Decatur to defend effectively, since we were running fresh forwards every few minutes. It was great to see the versatility of the team as multiple players got minutes in different lines on the field. Coming off the weekend we’re prepping for Lake and they are always skilled and aggressive, so we are going to work on areas where we need improvement that were highlighted in last weekend games”
