The names of each of the players are called and each of them do their personal good luck handshake with their teammates and then turn their attention to the other team and extend a friendly handshake.

Each of the girls wears a serious look on her face. The National Anthem rings through the stands and the players head to the field for a long, tough game.

This is the tone of a home game as the Spartans takes the field.

The Girls Varsity Soccer team is looking forward to time to rebuild after eight seniors graduated last year.

Senior goalkeeper Danielle Socha has high hopes for the Spartans: “We have a ton of very talented players on the team, including a lot of talented younger girls, so the team has a huge amount of potential for this season and seasons after,” Socha said.

This year the majority of the players are younger, including one member who is in 8th grade. Junior center defense Julia Lagos is very excited to rebuild the team. “We are all willing to work our hardest all the time, which is definitely an asset,” Lagos said.

Freshman striker Kate Bond, “I’m excited to play on a whole new team and playing with people that better than me.” The team Bond feels, “aren’t as much of a high scoring team but we have a really good back line and goalie.”

Ben Bollinger Danielson, the Spartan Girl’s Varsity Soccer coach has to cope with the younger players by, “trying to be patient,” Bollinger Danielson said. Bollinger Danielson expects the same amount of hard work and effort by the senior players and the younger players.

After a series of wins early in the season, the girls came back from a series of losses with a 2-0 win against Providence Academy on Sept. 11. At press time, the team’s record was 4-4-0. Their next home game is Sept. 26 against Minnehaha Academy.