![]() While Vengoechea gave EA a lot of speed up front, the Churchmen were missing another "Dylan" on defense junior Dylan Unruh, a regular starter, was out with an injury. "We let a head ball bounce in the box and that can't happen." "There was some miscommunication on defense on the first goal," Coach Wetzel noted. Vengoechea, a sophomore, found the back of the net not too long after that, getting Episcopal on the board just over 11 minutes into the match as he ran onto a loose ball inside the Germantown 18. ![]() In Friday's league opener GA made the initial attacks, then a little over three minutes in Episcopal's Dylan Vengoechea made a run from the left flank and sent a shot just wide to the right of the Patriots' cage. The team captains for 2022 are senior midfielders Jack Strauss and Nick Veneziale. Stepping up on offense early this season, Kafrissen scored his eighth goal in the Episcopal game, while junior Josh Bouchard is now the Pats' starting goalie. We still have the talent to be competitive in this league." We're still playing two-touch, three-touch soccer, we move the ball. They graduated seven players from last year's club, including forward Christian Combs (the league MVP) and goalie JoeJoe Cava.Īsked if the graduation losses had an effect on the nature of Germantown Academy soccer, Wetzel responded, "Not really. The Patriots are the defending champions in the Inter-Ac, and were the runner-up team in the 2021 Pa. Overall, GA emerged with a record of 5-2 (the other loss came against Westtown School) while Episcopal was 7-1-2, succumbing only to Shipley. ![]() "It always is it doesn't matter who you play." "We've been telling the boys for two weeks that the Inter-Ac is a step up," related Kurt Wetzel, who is in his fifth season as GA head coach. An early goal by the visiting Churchmen of Episcopal Academy was answered by senior Jake Kafrissen of the Patriots, but another EA goal late in the second half allowed the Newtown Square squad to take home a 2-1 victory. ![]() Carey Stadium was the setting as Germantown Academy hosted an Inter-Ac League opening day soccer game last Friday. ![]()
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