Sussex Academy girls’ soccer wraps up season with 8-0 clean sheet

There are a number of ways a Senior Night can go, but for the Sussex Academy girls’ soccer team, the 8-0 win over Seaford could not have gone any better.

Less than 20 minutes into the contest, all four seniors – Ashley Alvarez Chavez, Sienna Serpico, Jenica Jean-Louis and Natalie Roblero Chavez – found the back of the net, with Roblero Chavez adding another goal before the break to give the Seahawks a 5-0 lead at half.

“It was nice to score on my Senior Night,” Alvarez Chavez said. “It was special because all my friends were here, on or off the field.”

It was the first goal of the 2025 season for Alvarez Chavez, who usually holds down the backline with Serpico, who took over in goal in the second half for Ella Sprucebank.

“Ella wanted some time up on the field – we do big and little sisters on the team, and she is my little sister and I just love her so much – so I wanted to give her that opportunity,” Serpico said. “It feels great to have a clean sheet.”

Speaking of playing all over the field, Jean-Louis had no problem adjusting to new spots because she had been doing it all year.

“I started off playing center-back and now I’m at the nine, so I just wait to go wherever the team needs me,” she said. “I just love the game to be honest, so anytime I get minutes, I'm excited.”

As the Seahawks controlled the second half, adding one goal a piece from Sprucebank, Eva Taylor and Carley Couch, all among the hardest workers on the team, Roblero Chavez got to take in the moment from the sidelines after her first-half brace.

“A lot of reflecting on the moments I've had on the field, off the field and just looking at all my teammates,” Roblero Chavez said. “Just liked seeing the underclassmen grow.”

She was quite happy to score two of her three goals on the season in her final regular-season game.

“The four seniors have been the heartbeat of our team this year,” said coach Chase Humphrey. “All of them have had different roles but share the same ability to be leaders in our program. Their personalities and who they are as people will be irreplaceable. It has been an honor to coach them and I know they will all be successful and world-changers in whatever path they pursue moving forward.”

Sussex Academy (11-3-1) will try to win its second Henlopen Conference title when the Henlopen South champs travel to Caesar Rodney Saturday, May 17.