Salem wins big, Pennsville falls in their season openers
SALEM COUNTY SCORES
Thursday’s games
Gloucester Catholic 6, Pennsville 1
Salem 10, Clayton 0
Schalick at Woodstown, ppd.
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
PENNSVILLE – It wasn’t the kind of opener Pennsville field hockey coach Lisa Doran was expecting or the team she was expecting to see.
The Lady Eagles opened their season Thursday with a disheartening 6-1 loss to Gloucester Catholic.
The Lady Rams scored two goals in the first quarter, including one right before the buzzer, to take control and then put it away with three in the fourth quarter.
“I don’t know if it was the first day of school or nerves or what, but we just weren’t the team we saw at the last scrimmage,” Doran said. “Hopefully, the next game is going to be a little better.”
Pennsville scored its only goal with 1:41 left in the third quarter when Kendall Hoyt collected a lead pass from Cara Hoyt, dribbled into the goal area, then crossed it to Sophia Marandola, who banged it in from the left side.
“(Kendall) is a back and she never played that position,” Doran said. “Right before we put her in she was like, ‘I don’t play midfield,’ because she’s new and she got in there and hustled her butt down there and made the cross and that’s what we needed, so it was perfect and Sophia put it in.”
Bridget Taney scored two fourth-quarter goals for Gloucester Catholic. Kenzie Biondi had two assists.
Gloucester Cath. 6, Pennsville 1
| Gloucester Cath. (1-0) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 – | 6 |
| Pennsville (0-1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 – | 1 |
GOALS: 1. Julia Calzonetti (Kenzie Biondi), GC, 10:24 1Q; 2. Kate Bonawitz (Casey Green), GC, 15:00 1Q; 3. Sienna Gianotti (unassisted), GC, 3:35 3Q; 4. Sophia Marandola (Kendall Hoyt), P, 13:19 3Q; 5. Bridget Taney (unassisted), GC, 5:09 4Q; 6. Bridget Taney (Kenzie Biondi), GC, 7:01 4Q; 7. Guide Gomez (unassisted), GC, 9:22 4Q.
SALEM 10, CLAYTON 0: Marissa Bower and Julliana Love scored two goals apiece and Autumn Foote had a goal and three assists as the Lady Rams opened the Shanna Scott era in a big way. Scott was the team’s assistant last year before being elevated to the head coaching spot.
The goals came fast and furious for the Lady Rams. Bower scored her two goals four minutes apart in a four-goal first quarter. She also assisted on the first goal of the game less than two minutes into the season. The Lady Rams scored their 10 goals on 29 shots.
The 10 goals were Salem’s most in a game since an 18-0 rout of Penns Grove in 2020. It was the 13th time since 2015 they have shutout Clayton.
Salem 10, Clayton 0
| Clayton (0-1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 – | 0 |
| Salem (1-0) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 – | 10 |
GOALS: 1. Rhionna Timmons (Marissa Bower), S, 13:09 1Q; 2. Marissa Bower (Rhionna Timmons), S, 11:27 1Q; 3. Marissa Bower (unassisted), S 7:13 1Q; 4. Julliana Love (Autumn Foote), S, 3:05 1Q; 5. Tanya Driver (unassisted), S, 11:45 2Q; 6. Morgan VanDover (Anna Buzby), S, 11:50 2Q; 7. Kashira Patterson (Autumn Foote), S, 0:05 2Q; 8. Julliana Love (Autumn Foote), S, 14:20 4Q; 9. Autumn Foote (Mary Griffith), S, 8:35 4Q; 10. Morgan Johnson (unassisted), S, 8:28 4Q.
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