The Willow Glen Resident

Solid: The Willow Glen girls' junior varsity field hockey team completed a solid season, finishing third in league play. Members of the team included (front row, l-r) Monica Butler, Allison Lake, Stacey Santomauro, Niki Salazar, Emily Kane and Samantha Bruni; (middle row, l-r) Christina Petroni, Sarina Patel, Janae LoPresti, Leigh Sager, Courtney Miller, Alexis Guancione and Nicole Leader; and (back row, l-r) Jennifer Anderson, Lara Covey, Lisa Hunter, Lindsey Rovai, Casey Schlicht and Desirae Dagnino.

Field hockey future looks very bright at Willow Glen

By Dick Sparrer

The future looks bright for Willow Glen field hockey, and not only because varsity stars Erin Booth and Kellie Arnone will each return to the field in 1998.

The Rams also have some promising players coming up from a junior varsity team that enjoyed a successful season in 1997 under the direction of head coach Peggy Booth.

Sophomore captains Emily Kane and Lara Covey helped the Rams to a third-place finish in league play. Willow Glen rolled up a 5-3-1 record in the Blossom Valley Athletic League after posting a 2-2-1 mark in nonleague play. The Rams also finished 10th in the 30-team varsity jamboree hosted by Willow Glen, and they were fifth in tournaments in Davis and Los Altos.

"The team was a pleasure to coach all season," said Booth. "They worked hard every day."

Allison Lake buried four goals, and Stacey Santomauro and Niki Salazar knocked in two goals apiece to lead all Willow Glen scorers in the league season. All three are freshmen. Goals by Salazar, Samantha Bruni and Monica Butler helped the Rams to a 3-0 win over Prospect in Willow Glen's league opener.

The Rams beat Homestead twice, once by forfeit and the second time 1-0 on a goal by Samtomauro.

Lake knocked in two goals in a tight 2-1 win over Saratoga, and Lake and Salazar each scored in a 2-0 win over Live Oak. But the Rams lost 1-0 to both the Falcons and Acorns on the second trip through the schedule.

Willow Glen lost 3-1 to Monta Vista despite a solo goal by Lake but came back later in the year to tie the Matadors 1-1 on a goal by Santomauro.

Santomauro scored twice in a 2-0 win over Leigh and Butler drilled a lone goal in a 1-0 win over Los Altos in nonleague play. Lake and Santomauro each scored in a 3-2 loss to Mitty, and the Rams fell 1-0 to Leland. Willow Glen also battled Lynbrook to a scoreless tie in the preseason.

The Rams were fifth in the eight-team Davis Tournament in early October, but they came back to finish fifth in the 18-team Los Altos tourney later in the month.

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