After a hard fought 2023 campaign, the Castleton women’s soccer team is on the rebound. The girls in green are off to a strong 3 and 2 start this 2024 season. They hosted in state rivals Norwich for their season opener and won by a commanding 2-0. With an early marker from Alexis Billings, and a late insurance goal from freshman Natalie Webster in her first collegiate game. 

Later that week the girls hosted a strong Suny Plattsburgh team in which they lost a 1-0 outing that came right down to the wire. Castleton held control for much of the match and generated many chances but ultimately fell short in the dying minutes. 

The team followed the loss up with an important win over New England College by a score of 3-1. Maggie Mckearin had an early goal in the second half to make it 2-0 for the Spartans that was ultimately the game winner. 

In their fourth match of the season, they dropped a very close 3-2 game with RPI in which Alexis Billings and Maggie McKearin found themselves on the score sheet again. A goal from RPI in the 86th minute however was the difference this time around. 

On the past weekend though, the girls bounced back again and made the game look easy against another out of conference opponent Suny Potsdam. In this 4-1 victory, senior leaders Lauren Fotter and Rylee Pepin got in on the action with assists, and leading scorer Alexis Billings recorded her fifth goal in as many games. 

“The season is starting out strong. We are coming together really well on the field this year, and it’s helping us get the outcome we want. We still have a lot more work to do, but we are excited to keep working hard and connecting more as a team.” Said Alexis Billings when asked about the tone of the team through the first couple weeks. 

“So far this season, I am really happy with our progress and our ability to compete with challenging teams. I look forward to heading into conference play this weekend and showing the rest of the conference what we’re made of this year!” said Annin Daley echoing the sentiment of excitement the squad has for their progress thus far. 

The Spartans will be at home Saturday Sept. 21 against conference opponent Rhode Island College as the girls look to continue their winning ways.