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Vets picks up biggest win yet in unbeaten start

Posted 9/23/14

The Warwick Vets field hockey team had higher expectations than ever heading into this season, and so far the ’Canes have met them with flying colors. On Thursday, they had their biggest win yet. …

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The Warwick Vets field hockey team had higher expectations than ever heading into this season, and so far the ’Canes have met them with flying colors. On Thursday, they had their biggest win yet.

Vets improved to 5-0 in Division II-South with a 2-1 victory over previously unbeaten South Kingstown. The Rebels fell to 3-1-1.

Savannah Hersey scored the game-winner against South Kingstown, finding the back of the goal with 2:20 to play in the second half to break a 1-1 deadlock. The goal was Hersey’s sixth of the season, and that, combined with her six assists, give her 18 points on the year.

Lexy Santos-Smith scored a goal in the first half for Vets – her first of the season – while Naomi Franzen made seven saves in net.

The goal Franzen allowed was the only goal the ’Canes have given up so far this season, as they have won four times by shutout and have now outscored their opponents 12-1.

Vets’ five wins are more than it had all of last year, when it went 4-6-3.

Next on the docket for the ’Canes was a marquee showdown with Classical, the only other 5-0 team in Division II. Vets was scheduled to take on the Purple at home on Monday, with results unavailable at press time.

Titans off to fast start

So far, the move down to Division II has been exactly what the doctor ordered for the Toll Gate girls’ soccer team.

After losing its second game of the season to a talented Coventry team, the Titans have rattled off a four-game unbeaten streak. In their most recent game, on Thursday, they tied North Smithfield 2-2. Prior to that, they beat Moses Brown 3-2, Westerly 4-3 and Ponaganset 6-4.

At 4-1-1, Toll Gate currently leads Division II-Central, ahead of city rival Pilgrim which is 3-2. It has the third-best record in all of D-II.

Pats halt losing streak

The Pilgrim girls’ soccer team hasn’t lost two games in a row very often over the last four years, but it was in the midst of a rare losing streak in the early season before snapping it Friday against Ponaganset.

The Pats won 4-0, getting two goals and an assist from Katelyn Vieira, a goal and an assist from Molly Lynch, a goal from Emma Manosh and an assist from Kendra Tantimonico.

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