The Santa Barbara Soccer Club’s Girls Under 14 White team defended its home turf by winning the Summer Cup Tournament this past weekend. One of two tournaments the Santa Barbara Soccer Club hosts each year, the Summer Cup had almost 200 teams competing on various fields all over the Santa Barbara and Goleta area.
The team won its pool on Saturday with a scoreless tie against the Central Coast Condors and a 1-0 victory over Conejo Valley United. In Sunday’s semifinal against Santa Clarita Valley Magic, Mari Solis scored the lone goal of the game with a little more than a minute left to put the team in the finals.
The girls won the title with a 2-1 hard-fought victory over the team they had tied in pool play, the Central Coast Condors.
Team members include: Jamie Benedetto, Avery Blackman, Hannah Brisby, Teah Burdick, Ashley Carney, Annie deBruynKops, Hannah Harrah, Shelby Hoffman, Emma Jones, Kayla Klopstein, Annelise Morando, Leah Parlato, Clarissa Ramirez, Tiffany Siegel, Pauline Simes, Mari Solis, Emma Trumbull, and Ashlen Weddington. The team is coached by Marco Medina.
