Scarsdale Girls Soccer Team Headed for the Playoffs

Scarsdale Varsity Girls Soccer enters the final week of play with a winning season record of 10-4-1. Their last regular season game is Monday October 21 at Eastchester. The team has been led by three senior captains, Meerha Dheer (MF) , Ali Lonner(Goalie) and Erika Smith (Def) throughout the season. Head Coach Mindy Genovese (4th Year) and Assistant Coach Kiera Fox have been working the girls six days a week since August 19 to maximize their performance and experience on and off the field.

During the week of October 14, the Raiders went 2-1 with a win Tuesday on the road 2-1 against John Jay Cross River and at home Thursday 2-0 for the Senior Game and Breast Cancer Awareness versus Rye. On Friday, they encountered a tough North Rockland team on the road that is expected to be the number one seed at playoff time and lost 3-1.

The game against Rye was a fund raising effort for the team and contributions were donated to Breast Cancer Charities. The girls raised approximately $1000 for the cause through a bake sale, raffle and t-shirt sales and included future stars from the Scarsdale Youth Soccer Club in pregame ceremonies. In addition the seniors who were playing their last regular season home game were honored with their parents for their commitment and contribution to Scarsdale Soccer over the years. It is a tradition that all the team seniors start this game and this special day.

The seniors from the class of 2014 playing their last regular season varsity game at home include captains Meerha Dheer (MF), Ali Lonner(Goalie), Erika Smith (D) plus Annie Gevertz (F), Laura Cutlip (F), Stef Kastoff (D) and Sara Katz (D/M).

Update 10/24

Scarsdale Girls Varsity Soccer drew the #6 seed in the Class AA 2013 Section 1 playoffs. They will play on Saturday, October 26 at 2PM home at Turf Field at Scarsdale High against #11 Ursuline. The Raiders finished their season strong on Monday by beating Eastchester 2-1. The Raiders go into the playoff at 11-4-1.

Here is a summary of the Class AA Bracket:
Class AA-First Round: Saturday
All games at 2 p.m.
No. 16 White Plains at No. 1 North Rockland
No. 9 Port Chester at No. 8 Mamaroneck
No. 12 Yorktown at No. 5 Mahopac
No. 13 Ossining at No. 4 John Jay-East Fishkill
No. 14 Ketcham at No. 3 Horace Greeley
No. 11 Ursuline at No. 6 Scarsdale
No. 10 Suffern at No. 7 Arlington
No. 15 Clarkstown North at No. 2 Clarkstown South

Quarterfinals: Tuesday, 10/29
At higher seed, 3 p.m.

Semifinals: Thursday, 10/31
At higher seed, 3 p.m.

Finals: Saturday 11/2
At Arlington, 8 p.m.

Photos by Jon Thaler. See more game photos here.