Saturday Night Live: Park and Friends to Meet at Ridley
| Scoring Summary | |
|---|---|
| 1st - 28:30 | Lucy Klein (Friends) |
| 2nd - 52:12 | Laney Mathias (Friends) |
| Park | Friends |
|---|---|
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G:
N/A
A: N/A Sh: N/A Sv: Quinn Salditch - 6 |
G:
2 Players (#1, #14 - 1)
A: N/A Sh: Eliza Harris - 8 Sv: Aislinn Cook - 1 |
| TEAM STATISTICS | Park | Friends |
|---|---|---|
| Shots (on goal) | 1 (1) | 18 (8) |
| Saves | 6 | 1 |
| Fouls | 3 | 5 |
| Corner Kicks | 1 | 4 |
| Offsides | 0 | 1 |
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BALTIMORE, Md. — The Park School and The Friends School will renew their soccer rivalry in an Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland (IAAM) inter-conference matchup this Saturday at Loyola University's Ridley Athletic Complex. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. and admission is free.
The home of Loyola's NCAA Division I men's and women's lacrosse and soccer teams, the Ridley Athletic Complex features a 6,000-seat grandstand and Sportexe Momentum synthetic turf, named J. Richard Awalt Field in honor of a member of the Class of 1950.
Park, the consensus No. 2 preseason coaches poll selection, are looking for a signature victory in their toughest test to date ahead of their showdown with defending "C" champion and consensus preseason favorite, Chapelgate Christian, on Oct. 12.
The Bruins (4-0, 3-0 IAAM "C") boast the league's second stingiest defense, across all three conferences, allowing 0.50 goals per game. Over the last two seasons, Park is 15-2-3, including 14 shutout victories. The two losses came last year on the road against St. Paul's School for Girls in the season opener, 2-0 and Friends, 4-0.
Friends, who the coaches picked to finish in the middle of the pack in the preseason poll, have won seven of their last 10 and have not lost in regulation since Oct. 20, 2010 against St. Paul's School for Girls. In their last 14 games, the Quakers have given up 11 goals.
The Quakers (5-1, 2-1 IAAM "B") defense is right behind Park surrendering only 0.67 goals per game. Friends has prepared for its tough "B" schedule by playing up this season facing three "A" conference opponents going 2-0 against Mount de Sales and Maryvale Prep and a preseason victory over St. Mary's. Four of their wins this season have come by shutout while their lone loss was in overtime at Annapolis Area Christian on Sept. 14.
Friends freshman midfielder Mia Mangione will play on the same field as her older sister, Gigi, who is currently a junior midfielder for the Greyhounds. Gigi in 48 career games has scored 19 points on seven goals and five assists and, as a freshman, was the 2009 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Championship Most Valuable Player.
Another Quaker-Greyhound connection is Loyola freshman Jessica Van Dyke, who led Friends in scoring last season with 32 points on 13 goals and six assists, including three game-winners.
Van Dyke and Gigi Mangione (McDonogh) are two of five IAAM alumnae currently on the Greyhounds women's soccer team.
For fans unable to attend in person, live stats will be available for the game on IAAMsports.com/gamedaylive(.)
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Founded in 1912, Park School is a non-sectarian, independent, coeducational day school built on the simple premise, that if you have positive expectations, students will live up to them. Notable alumni include Matthew Weiner (creator, "Mad Men"), Penny Johnson Jerald (actress, "Castle") and Robert Austrian (developer, pneumonia vaccine).
Founded in 1784, Friends School of Baltimore provides a coeducational, college preparatory program guided by the Quaker values of truth, equality, simplicity, community and peaceful resolution of conflict. Notable alumni include Jason Winer (actor/director, "Modern Family"), Rachel Talalay (producer, "Hairspray") and Lance Reddick (actor, "The Wire").
Founded in 1999, The Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland (IAAM) is an organization consisting of 31 private and parochial schools in and around the Baltimore Metro area, including five counties and Baltimore City, which participate in girls' interscholastic sports.
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