Appoquinimnk Jaguars vs Archmere Auks girls soccer, photo courtesy of Mike Lang
The weather turned colder this week as the season licked off but we started the season with a bang as we had 12 matches involving both teams being ranked.in the Delaware Live top 10.
Appoquinimink beat two ranked teams by the combined score of 12-0 (Padua 6-0, St Georges Tech). Sophomore Mariana Catania had 5 goals and 2 assists to lead the Jaguar attack and the team defense only allowed 4 shots total including zero in the win over St Georges Tech.
The top teams play some big matches this week before most of the teams will be taking 7-10 days off for spring breaks. There are a bunch of top matches and some big conference games as the week goes on.
Here is the week 1 Delaware Live Rankings after the first week of competition.
Division 1
No. 1 Middletown (1-0)(LW No, 1) The defending champs opened the season with a big conference win over William Penn. They host two ranked teams this week No. 6 Odessa on Wednesday and No. 3 Smyrna on Thursday.
No. 2 Appoquinimink (2-0)(LW No. 2) The Jags beat two ranked teams by the same 6-0 score (Padua and St Georges Tech) They host No. 2 Saint Marks on Tuesday and Mount Pleasant on Wednesday.
No.3 Smyrna (0-1)(LW No. 3) The Eagles lost a tough 5-3 decision to Sussex Academy last week. They host No. 9/Cape Henlopen on Tuesday and travel to No. 1 Middletown on Thursday
No.4 Wilmington Charter (2-1)(LW No. 6) The Force bounced back after a tough 4-1 loss to No. 4 Archmere with wins over CR and No. 8 Delcastle. They travel to DMA on Wednesday.
No. 5 Polytech (1-0-1)(LW No. 5) The Panthers tied No. 6 Odessa 1-1 and beat No. 9 Delmar 2-1 last week. They host Dover on Tuesday and Red Lion on Wednesday.
No. 6 Odessa (1-0-1)(LW No. 7) The Ducks tied No. 5 Polytech 1-1 and beat Newark in their first Blue Hen Flight A match. They travel to Odyssey Charter on Monday and No. 1 Middletown on Wednesday.
No. 7 Padua (0-2)(LW No. 4) The Pandas lost twice to No. 2 teams (Appoquinimink 6-0 and Saint Marks 2-1OT) They travel to Sanford on Wednesday.
No. 8 Cape Henlopen (1-1)(LW No. 8) The Vikings lost a tough one to No. 6 Sussex Academy and beat Woodbridge. They travel to Sussex Tech on Monday and to No. 3 Smyrna on Tuesday night.
No. 9 Delcastle (1-1)(LW No. 9) The Cougars won over Mount Pleasant before losing to No. 6 Wilmington Charter. They travel to Mckean on Monday.
No. 10 Milford (1-0)(LW No. 10) The Bucs beat Seaford last week. This week they host Sussex Tech on Tuesday and Delmar on Thursday.
Division 2
No. 1 Caravel (1-0)(LW No.1) The Bucs defeated Ursuline last week. They travel to St Andrew’s on Tuesday and Newark Charter on Thursday night.
No. 2 Saint Mark’s (1-0)(LW No. 2) The Spartans defeated Padua 2-1 in overtime last week. They travel to Division 1 No. 2 Appoquinimink on Tuesday.
No. 3 Friends (1-0)(LW No. 3) The Quakers beat No. 9 Conrad 3-2 last week in their home opener. They host Wilmington Christian on Tuesday.
No. 4 Archmere (1-0)(LW No. 4) The Auks beat Division 1 No. 4 Wilmington Charter 4-1. They travel to No. 8 Newark Charter on Tuesday.
No. 5 DMA (1-0)(LW No. 5) The Seahawks picked up a win over MOT Charter 4-0 last week. This week they travel to Red Lion on Monday and host Wilmington Charter on Thursday.
No. 6 Sussex Academy (2-0)(LW No. 6) The Seahawks beat two Division q rank teams last week No. 8 Cape Henlopen 4-0 and No. 3 Smyrna 5-3. They host Laurel on Wednesday.
No. 7 Indian River (0-0-1)(LW No. 7) The Indians tied Sussex Tech 1-1 last week. They host No. 10 Delnar on Tuesday in both teams conference opener.
No. 8 Newark Charter (1-0)(LW Unranked) The Patriots picked up a win over St Elizabeth’s last week. This week they host a pair of ranked teams, No. 4 Archmere on Tuesday and No. 1 Caravel on Thursday.
No. 9 Conrad (1-1)(LW No. 10) The Red Wolves went 1-1 last week with a win over FSMA and a tough 3-2 loss to No. 3 Friends. This week they travel to Wilmington Christian on Monday and to St Elizabeth’s on Wednesday.
No. 10 Delmar (0-1)(LW No. 9) The Wildcats lost 2-1 to Division 1 No. 5 Polytech last week. They travel to No. 7 Indian River on Tuesday night and travel to Division 1 No. 10 Milford on Thursday night.
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