Kathleen McAleese

Staff writer

Meghan Thomasch, and Emma Katz are two freshmen playing on the WA varsity soccer team (also referred to as WAGS by the two). The girls, both placed in the varsity group at the tryouts, and were very happy to find out that they each had a fellow freshman to pal around with. The girls had been friends prior to the season, having been involved in travel basketball and other soccer teams together in the past.

The girls, both being freshman, are treated somewhat differently from the other girls. “We have to do more little jobs and chores,” said Thomasch, “Oh and we are always on equipment duty,” said Katz.

Thomasch, and Katz usually had a common denominator in their responses. They were both very nervous initially and they did not really know what to expect.

“At first it was kind of intimidating to play with the older, upperclassmen, and they seemed to talk to only each other. We seemed to never be included at first,” Thomasch said.

The girls also both agreed that they felt most welcome around the senior, Mackenzie Brewer. They agreed that she was one of the friendliest girls on the team and that even though she was a lot older, she didn’t care about talking to the freshmen. She wanted everyone to feel welcome. Brewer was also said to give great advice, on the field, and off.

Although Katz is happy about making varsity, she agrees that it was a large step, never playing on freshman or the JV team. She also feels like some freshmen shouldn’t have been on the freshman team but there were no spots on the JV team, even though a lot of girls have the skill to play JV.

“Our team is very close,” said Katz, but it wasn’t always like that, according to the two. Katz explained that, “As the season went on, everything got a lot less awkward… and now we are so close… before, it was like ‘Yeah I’m on varsity’ but once you start playing you are actually on the team, not just having the title.”