Cedar Creek junior Zoey Holstrom has already exploded for 15 goals this season, including a monstrous four-goal game against Our Lady of Mercy and two more against Holy Spirit. Her dominant early-season performance is putting the entire South Jersey field hockey scene on notice.
The Goal-Scoring Frenzy Is Real
The competition for Player of the Week is absolutely stacked, and last week’s winner, Kierstyn Heverly from Highland, better watch out. Paige Kochan of Moorestown Friends and Mary Forte from Gloucester County Tech also showed up big, but this week’s nominees are just ridiculous. Autumn Bataloni, a junior from Collingswood, already has six goals for the season, including a hat trick in a shutout win over Glassboro. Then there’s Kingsway junior Alexandra Beety, who’s racked up nine goals with three two-goal games and leads her team with three assists. Seriously, what is in the water down there? Lyla Clark, Ocean City’s junior, isn’t messing around either, with hat tricks against Holy Spirit and Middle Township contributing to her insane fall season totals of nine goals and 11 assists. These juniors are simply built different this season.
Freshmen, Sophomores, and Seniors Delivering Under Pressure
It isn’t just the juniors lighting it up. Sadie Errickson, the Cherokee junior, threw down a four-goal, three-assist performance against Paul VI, bringing her to a team-best 12 goals and seven assists. Over at Cherry Hill West, sophomore Riley Fallon-Lewis netted a hat trick, plus an assist, in a shutout victory against Cedar Creek. And let’s talk about Timber Creek freshman Macie McKenzie, who has five goals and an assist. Here’s the kicker: every single time she gets in the scorebook, her team wins. That’s a clutch stat if I’ve ever seen one!
Seniors are stepping up too. Kelsey Bonawitz of Gloucester Catholic scored in a 4-0 shutout against Salem, pushing her career totals to four goals and three assists. Graziella Carnassale, a Northern Burlington senior, blasted a hat trick in a win over Robbinsville, giving her a team-leading six goals. Ciani Money from Bridgeton has seven goals and an assist during her team’s current three-game win streak. And Pennsauken sophomore Janai Nesmith dropped four goals in a win over Pemberton, giving her eight goals overall. Lexi Taylor, Woodstown’s junior, is also a force with five goals in four wins, including two in a shutout of Overbrook. Lexi Groff, the Haddon Township sophomore, is pacing her team’s scoring efforts with four goals and three assists.
This week’s poll is going to be a battle, with all these players putting up insane numbers through Sunday’s games. You gotta get your vote in because it’s anyone’s game! Voting wraps up Sunday morning, so don’t sleep on your favorite player. These athletes are bringing the heat, and you don’t want to miss a single moment of this action-packed season.
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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