The Beat Continues For Falcons Girls Soccer

One should never become accustomed to success in sports. But for the Severna Park girls soccer team, it’s starting to feel like a thing.

The two-time reigning 3A state champs have picked up right where they left off in November 2024, rolling to seven straight wins to start the 2025 season. And the name of the game is still defense: the Falcons have conceded just once in seven games.

They beat Severn School 3-0 to start the season, then stacked wins over Broadneck (4-0), Chesapeake (3-1), Severn Run (4-0), South River (5-0), Northeast (2-0) and finally Crofton (3-0) to put a stranglehold on the county and region standings.

The win over Broadneck may have been the most complete game they’ve played all season. Two goals from Ella Baxter, a wondergoal and an assist from Emma Lawrence, and the fourth goal from Molly Koistinen lifted the Falcons to victory.

“I was just trying to make an impact and come in with some high intensity, be the first to every ball. Just breaking the defense (down) and trying to find any gaps that we can find,” Baxter said.

Lawrence got things started three minutes in with a 25-yard thunderbolt into the top-left corner that left her as surprised as anyone, and it was off to the races from there.

That Severna Park is good at soccer is no surprise. That they’ve built a juggernaut is a different matter altogether, especially given the names they have had to replace in successive seasons.

But now it is the supporting cast’s turn to shine, and the names we’ve heard for years like Emerson Scott, Ava Scott, Maria Bragg take center stage.

“We have a lot of fast players up top, so it gives us a chance to run in, and it helps when the ball is in the other team’s third,” Lawrence said. “We definitely miss our midfield (from last season), but the midfielders that came back have done a really good job stepping up.”

As quickly as it started, it’s already starting to end. By the time October comes around, the Falcons will have just three regular-season games left. Then a potential county championship game looms before the drive for a third successive title begins in earnest.

How much more room is there to improve? At the end of the season, it’s more about fine margins than massive overhauls.

“We can always be better, and there are always things that you can tweak,” said Severna Park coach Rick Stimpson. “But I think we’re where we want to be at this point.”