Girls Continue To Demonstrate Growth For Bruins Soccer

For the last couple of seasons, the Broadneck girls soccer program has been in the midst of a youth movement, one giant exercise in patience.

Now, the progression is starting to show, and with it some green shoots of success.

Broadneck sits 5-2 on the season, with impressive wins over Annapolis (3-0), Chesapeake Science Point (9-0), Meade (8-0), Glen Burnie (9-0) and Urbana (3-0). The two games they lost were against Severna Park (4-0) and South River (2-0), meaning all seven games have ended in a shutout.

“We’re just trying to work on our communication, work on our shape, work on stepping up as a group, having the team move as a group,” said Broadneck coach John Camm. “This is probably the hardest-working group we’ve had since pre-COVID, so they know what it’s about. Get stuck in, win the little battles.”

Winning the little things has led to a lot of success so far this season, and the contributions have come from all over the park.

Raegan Milnes has led the Bruins in scoring this season with 12, adding in two assists. Lola Banks is next on the charts with four goals to go with four assists, while Carmen Hubbard, Avery Katzen and Ashtyn Coates have all netted three times.

Twelve Bruins in total have found the goal column through seven games, and a dozen also have contributed assists, led by Hadley Crooks with eight. Sixteen players have a goal contribution on the season.

The defense, meanwhile, has played its part as well, helping keeper Cameron Terhune keep five clean sheets.

This youthful group boasts only three seniors and plays 12 underclassmen in the rotation. Stacking up against Severna Park and South River, with Chesapeake and St. Mary’s still left to play, will only serve to help the Bruins as they go forward down the stretch in hopes of outlasting Crofton and Leonardtown to gain the region’s championship and lone state quarterfinal bid.

“We might take some lumps now, but hopefully in November it will pay off,” Camm said. “We’re really optimistic about where the team is heading. They’re going to win a lot of games over the next couple of years.”