UPPER DUBLIN FIELD HOCKEY PREVIEW
Coach:Derek Priest (1styear as Head Coach)
Assistant coaches:Justin Dillon (JV) Dave Santerian (9th)
Last year’s record: Overall record 13-5-0. SOL 13-1-0 - Joint champions SOL American Conference.
Notable losses: Zach Arnold (20 goals last year)
Key returners: Josh Franklin 11thgrade/midfield, Peter Nysch 12thgrade/defender, Jake Woodruff 11thGrade/defender, Justin Green 11thGrade/midfield
Others to watch: Anthony Wisdo 10thgrade/forward, Colin Muth 10thgrade/midfield
Strengths: Defense
Question marks: How we cope to graduating eight starters.
Outlook: “I am expecting this to be a season of transition, as the team has a new head coach and we graduated eight starters from last year’s team. That said, I hope we can compete for, or have a big say in, this year’s conference title. We have a strong spine with central defenders Peter Nysch and Jake Woodruff, center middies Justin Green and Josh Franklin, and Strikers Cole D’Andrea and Anthony Wisdo. I see the fact that we graduated eight starters as an opportunity for some of our players to stamp their mark on this year’s team and make it their own.
“Former Head Coach Rick Schmidt built a strong and successful program at Upper Dublin, and I hope to be able to carry on the good work he has done for the school.”
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