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Team Info
Girls' Soccer - Varsity
Overview
Overview
2015 New England Class A Semi-Finalist
2009 and 2010 New England Class A Quarter-Finalists
Taft’s girls’ soccer program has been a part of Taft Athletics for more than 30 years. The varsity team competes in the Western New England Prep School Class A League and has had many appearances in the New England Finals in its history, including four New England titles.
The team's goal is to prepare all girls that put on a Taft jersey to play soccer at the highest level. A focus is put on technical development, tactical awareness, and emotional maturation everyday. All Taft players will develop in all three facets every season so the team will achieve at the highest levels of New England soccer. The importance on progress and process translates into determination, grit, and improvement in all facets of a player's life, not just on the soccer field. Taft soccer alumnae are prepared to succeed, both in skills and attitude, at the collegiate level and beyond.
The Taft soccer program has placed many players in some of the top programs in the country on the DI and DIII levels. To continue their athletic careers in the past five years, alumnae have chosen Carnegie Mellon, Colby, Colorado College, Connecticut College, Dartmouth, Franklin & Marshall, Hamilton, Lehigh, Middlebury, Occidental, Penn State, Sewanee, St. Lawrence, Union, and Williams.
Schedule
Schedule
| Opponent | Date | Time | Location | Advantage | Type | Details | Result | Score | Status |
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Canterbury School
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Away | Details | POSTPONED: Postponed | ||||
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Sacred Heart Greenwich
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Sacred Heart Greenwich | Away | View Recap | Tie | 1-1 | ||
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The Greenwich Country Day School
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Away | View Recap | Win | 5-1 | |||
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Suffield Academy
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Home | Details | Win | 6-2 | |||
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The Berkshire School
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Home | Details | Win | 4-0 | |||
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Deerfield Academy
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Home | Details | Win | 1-0 | |||
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Loomis Chaffee School
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Loomis Chaffee School | Away | Details | Loss | 1-2 | ||
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Greenwich Academy
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Home | Details | Win | 1-0 | |||
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Hopkins School
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Home | Details | Loss | 2-3 | |||
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Miss Porter's School
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Home | Details | Loss | 0-3 | |||
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Choate Rosemary Hall
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Choate Rosemary Hall | Away | Details | Loss | 0-4 | ||
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Williston Northampton School
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Home | Details | Win | 3-0 | |||
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Worcester Academy
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Home | Details | Loss | 1-4 | |||
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Northfield Mount Hermon School
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Northfield Mount Hermon School | Away | Details | Win | 1-0 | ||
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Kent School
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Kent School | Away | Details | Win | 6-0 | ||
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Westminster School
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Home | Details | Loss | 1-4 | |||
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The Ethel Walker School
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The Ethel Walker School | Away | Details | Win | 5-0 | ||
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Kingswood Oxford School
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Kingswood Oxford School | Away | Details | Tie | 1-1 | ||
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Hotchkiss School
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Home | Details | Win | 2-0 |
Roster
Roster
| # | Name | Position | Class | Hometown |
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| 0 | Emma Beckford | 2023 | Los Altos, CA | |
| 1 | Maria Hogenkamp | 2023 | Rutland, VT | |
| 2 | Kendrick LaPrade | 2025 | Des Moines, IA | |
| 3 | Sofia Sancho | 2026 | Valencia | |
| 4 | Emma Strub | 2026 | Litchfield, CT | |
| 5 | Stasia Spurling | 2026 | St. George's | |
| 7 | Marion Ayeh | 2025 | Old Akrade | |
| 8 | Renata Mercedes | 2025 | Santo Domingo | |
| 10 | Precious Novidzro | 2023 | Old Akrade | |
| 11 | Sofia Torres | 2025 | Waterbury, CT | |
| 13 | Maria Cortina Fernandez | 2023 | Miami, FL | |
| 14 | Hadley Cranston | 2025 | Greenwich, CT | |
| 15 | Elle McCauley | 2025 | Cheshire, CT | |
| 16 | Bryn Gavigan | 2024 | New York, NY | |
| 17 | Elly Ouellette | 2026 | Bethlehem, CT | |
| 20 | Alessia Schettino | 2024 | Scarsdale, NY | |
| 21 | Kourtnee Smith | 2025 | Kingston | |
| 22 | Jasleena Thind | 2026 | Middlebury, CT | |
| 23 | Faith Graziano | 2024 | Middlebury, CT | |
| 24 | Leah Wasserstein | 2024 | Middlebury, CT | |
| 25 | Kate Watkins | 2025 | Westport, CT | |
| 26 | Angelica Megdanis | 2023 | New Canaan, CT | |
| 33 | Ainslie Bowers | 2025 | Larkspur, CA | |
| Annabel Izmirlian | 2024 | New York, NY | ||
| Futaba Kawakami | 2024 | Minato-ku | ||
| Logan Marku | 2024 | Bronx, NY | ||
| Jack Moucha | 2024 | New Preston, CT | ||
| Arya Vaswani | 2024 | New York, NY |
Coaches
Coaches
About Head Coach Sam DeMello
Sam attended the Williston Northampton School '09 where he played four years of varsity soccer, culminating in a NSCAA All-America Award during his final season. Following his time at Williston, he attended St. Lawrence University '13, graduating with a degree in estudios Hispánicos and a minor in sports and exercise studies. At St. Lawrence, Sam was a four-year starter and two-year captain of the men's soccer team. He holds the St. Lawrence men's soccer record for most points tallied in a single season, sits as the holder of the second most points all-time in program history, and was honored twice as a NSCAA National All-America and once as D3Soccer.com National Midfielder of the Year. Upon completion of his St. Lawrence career, Sam moved abroad to Paderborn, Germany, where he held trials with the reserve teams of SC Paderborn and DSC Arminia Bielefeld. Sam has fluency in German and Spanish, and has worked in youth club soccer and private school education since returning to the U.S. At Taft, Sam will work in admissions, and head the girls' varsity soccer team. Additionally, he will be a dorm parent in HDT.
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